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Offline Furious

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« Reply #60 on: February 19, 2007, 01:22:07 PM »
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« Reply #61 on: February 19, 2007, 03:01:54 PM »
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Offline 53gunner

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« Reply #62 on: February 19, 2007, 03:07:08 PM »
Howdy, yeah I already went through the klonopin, also went through (in order) Zolofd, celexa, effexor, and while I was on those was also on klonopin, xanex, ambien. Im currently on ativan, ambien (to sleep) and st johns wort (believe it or not the stuff actually works pretty well). Mostly stopped all the other stuff because the side effects just plane sucked. At the end of the month Im seeing my shrink again and thats when Ill go on the anti psych.
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« Reply #63 on: February 19, 2007, 03:31:10 PM »
Quote
Originally posted by Xargos
I'll make you a dinner Mac.   :aok


Thanks Xargos. I may someday take you up on that.



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« Reply #64 on: February 19, 2007, 03:59:45 PM »
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« Reply #65 on: February 19, 2007, 04:07:13 PM »
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« Reply #66 on: February 19, 2007, 04:08:36 PM »
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« Reply #67 on: February 19, 2007, 04:11:03 PM »
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« Reply #68 on: February 19, 2007, 04:14:44 PM »
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« Reply #69 on: February 19, 2007, 04:17:31 PM »
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« Reply #70 on: February 19, 2007, 04:22:10 PM »
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« Reply #71 on: February 19, 2007, 04:29:13 PM »
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« Reply #72 on: February 19, 2007, 04:29:32 PM »
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« Reply #73 on: February 19, 2007, 04:37:50 PM »
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« Reply #74 on: February 19, 2007, 04:37:58 PM »
Okay, you're willing to say that "being part of SOG" at the age of 18 meant he was part of the USMC detail holding Saigon?

Look, I've got nothing but respect for the men in this thread who genuinely suffer, and their accounts help me understand what they're going through; but the jokers who think PTSD is some kinda mark of glory and fame, and bandy it about like that, just pi%% me off. Sorry: if you're going to share trauma stories, you don't conform to stereotypes gleaned from dime novels: you give your account, and it's undeniably yours. Or you don't talk about it in detail: if it's really screwing you up, there's no glory in your status -- so why mention it in a thread about how screwed up you are?

And, for the record, no, no, and not even close. Well, I did know a guy who was a USMC sniper/scout, and had regular voice/text exchanges with him. He finished his tour in the Marines, came out, then, when he heard the Marines were adopting OFP for training, he re-enlisted. I talked with him both stateside and overseas (a couple times, he texted me out of the blue from Fallujah in spring 2004). He would always bring up how he found some situation ideal for OFP/VBS.
  From all accounts, he was not the kinda guy who would suffer from PTSD. Yet I would wonder: his recon work meant he'd often pack a digital SLR, and some of the pictures he'd post would be of things like an (approximately) 8-year-old girl picking flowers -- through the scope of his rifle on a concrete rooftop; then he'd tell me stories of going on a surveillance mission, being compromised by a 16-year-old boy, and holding him there until he was so scared he pissed his pants, then letting him go when they left. That crap's gonna leave a mark.

Ironically, he didn't suffer at all. He was one of the ten Marines killed by an Artillery-shell-turned-IED at the end of November, 2005.

Now, those of you who play videogames and dream of paying the price, think of those who dreamed of videogames and ended up paying the price.
To those of you who continue to pay the price, I give you my enduring respect and sympathy.

Anyone who needs further identification (=personally identifying information) on this matter, feel free to PM me.
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