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It Changed My Life: After the Vietnam War, Living with PTSD and RSD
It Changed My Life After the Vietnam War Living with PTSD and RSD Author:Dan Johnson The world of a combat veteran consists of violence and killings, and it’s either kill or be killed. Post traumatic stress disorder is no stranger to a vet during wartime and after. Depression is now becoming a major part of my life, and war experiences or flashbacks have entered my life. Reflex sympathetic dystrophy is sharing first place with P... more »TSD as my worst enemy. RSD can be explained in two words—chronic pain—and it’s a combat-related injury produced by a traumatic force. I think it should be mandatory that all combat war veterans receive psychological examinations before a vet goes home after a tour of duty. Because it’s not mandatory now, about sixty to seventy percent of the homeless are Vietnam veterans who possibly suffer from PTSD. After reading my book, please write or call your congressman or congresswoman and make this psychological exam mandatory for all veterans.« less