tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207713177773691778.post3550921849896880938..comments2023-06-28T07:59:16.685-04:00Comments on PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective: Dissociative Spectrum Disorders and the Combat VeteranScott Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17861938200417302754noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207713177773691778.post-55884855902924220842013-08-05T09:53:47.603-04:002013-08-05T09:53:47.603-04:00I have ptsd as well and have experienced an episod...I have ptsd as well and have experienced an episode once. Can I ask you how long these episodes lasted for you? Was it minutes or a hour or 2? Has anyone ever told you what you looked like during one? Please I have small children and it scares me to death.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07009189651952679864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207713177773691778.post-41316123316241719792013-07-10T09:29:53.691-04:002013-07-10T09:29:53.691-04:00Scott I have ptsd and I have only experienced a fu...Scott I have ptsd and I have only experienced a fugue once but nobody was around to witness it. I was curious to know if you look or act different during one of these fugues. It scared me to death. Please.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207713177773691778.post-40976813111659873332013-06-17T12:17:13.034-04:002013-06-17T12:17:13.034-04:00Hello Anony,
I still have dissociative episodes, ...Hello Anony,<br /><br />I still have dissociative episodes, but not as intense as when I first returned home from war. It was about two years where I had these extreme fugue states. I'm glad to hear that they have subsided for you also. Go seek help for the insomnia, I take Prazosin for nightmares (extinguishs them) and trazodone to help me get to sleep and stay asleep.Scott Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17861938200417302754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207713177773691778.post-16198768141612456542013-06-17T04:41:24.409-04:002013-06-17T04:41:24.409-04:00Hello Scott, your story isn't unlike mine in a... Hello Scott, your story isn't unlike mine in a way. I wasn't in combat, but was in the military for four years. You wrote the above article in 2008 and I am responding in 2013. My VA disability is %100. I have the same fugue states and disassociating feelings. It is hard for me to go into a grocery store. I almost hyperventilate to the point of wanting to scream and run out. I stay up most nights. I divorced my Vietnam veteran husband who has PTSD. I felt I couldn't be myself and help him at the same time. But, I hope since you've written this years ago, that you have gotten better. I have. Thank you. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207713177773691778.post-72311567761924019572010-05-26T00:50:26.631-04:002010-05-26T00:50:26.631-04:00Aya,
This is one of my most moving and powerful p...Aya,<br /><br />This is one of my most moving and powerful posts, many read it but so far only two have commented. The first time I had some amazing results in sparking my creativity...which is this?Scott Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17861938200417302754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207713177773691778.post-43424040744987413442010-05-26T00:35:22.958-04:002010-05-26T00:35:22.958-04:00I had the same issues Scott. Glad to know that I w...I had the same issues Scott. Glad to know that I wasn't imagining things. I would get to the point of tears after doing a task for the 10th time, because I forgot how to do it!<br /><br />AyaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207713177773691778.post-63651519184460409822008-08-08T16:32:00.000-04:002008-08-08T16:32:00.000-04:00Scott, I've been reading through your blog and I'd...Scott, I've been reading through your blog and I'd like to offer you a little more exposure. Would you be willing to write about PTSD on a regular basis for A Soldier's Perspective (www.soldiersperspective.us)? We get about 700 unique visitors per day with hundreds more by way of RSS feeds and direct email. Please send me an email if you're interested and I'll give you details.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com