The general public assumes it is all over for them and their families when they come home but as we've seen with the backlog of claims and the long lines at the VA, they may finally be getting the fact that for them and us, it is not over.
Widow pushes for change in treatment for PTSD
Jun. 3, 2012
Written by
JESSE BASS
American Staff Writer
Camp Shelby
Petal military widow Alicia McElroy cares for her 4-year-old son in the absence of his father.
"I see myself as raising a hero's son and not as a poor, single mom," she said.
Staff Sgt. James "Mac" McElroy had served in some of the most dangerous - and deadly - war zones.
A deployment with the U.S. Marine Corps to Afghanistan in the early 2000s.
A tour in Iraq with the Mississippi Army National Guard in 2005.
A return to Afghanistan in 2010 for a tour of duty with the National Guard.
But it wasn't on a battlefield where James McElroy lost his life.
Instead, nearly a year ago, the 30-year-old died suddenly - and unexpectedly - on American soil in a military hospital while undergoing treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder.
Now, his widow has joined a list of families who want to see change in military standards for treatment of PTSD.
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ReplyDeleteEli Lilly made $65 billion on the Zyprexa franchise.Lilly was fined $1.4 billion for Zyprexa fraud!
The atypical antipsychotics (Zyprexa,Risperdal,Seroquel) are like a 'synthetic' Thorazine,only they cost ten times more than the old fashioned typical antipsychotics.
These newer generation drugs still pack their list of side effects like diabetes for the user.All these drugs work as so called 'major tranquilizers'.This can be a contradiction with PTSD suffers as we are hyper vigilant and feel uncomfortable with a drug that puts you to sleep and makes you sluggish.
That's why drugs like Zyprexa don't work for PTSD survivors like myself.
-Daniel Haszard FMI http://www.zyprexa-victims.com