Military PTSD Online Support Group

i was shot at,machined gunned,shelled, and sprayed like a bug by our on side. it was a battle against the dinks, gooks, blacks,and lifers. like the saying goes from platoon. we found the enemy, the enemy was us.

i was a 18 year old kid just out of high school, could not even buy a beer or vote, did not even know who i was, much less what i was there for, had anger in me and wondered most of my life were it came from. i was taught to exterminate a backward race just out of the dark ages, all they wanted was a bowl of rice.

Post edited by: lken, at: 01/12/2012 06:22 AM

Hi....I joined 4 days out of high school... was 17 when I went in.... was 18 when I went to Nam... and 19 when discharged as an E-5

i started going to va medical to help with diabetes after i got laid off, around xmas time a few years back, found it was anniversary time of 1st ptsd experience, i started getting really depressed, the mddoc sent me to mental doc, they give me Prozac, i asked for ptsd test, which they gave me, and interview for it with intern psych doc, well he labeled me bipolar, i found never let them label you this, not service connected, it is just way for them not to give you benefits, i found out later that, ptsd and bipolar have same symptoms, took me a long time to get this straightened out, once you are labeled something it is hard to get them to change it. so i quit going to mental health at va, after every-time i went was a pill a day for every mood. so i went to vet center and they got it straightened out. now 50% on that.