Tim, I feel for ya, the best advice I can offer, is I'm local call me if ya need to.
Thanks Scott Scott A. Stewart Webmaster/ Developer GlobalNet Services, Inc http://www.gnsi.com 11820 Parklawn Dr Rockville, MD 20852 Voice: (301) 770-9610 x 335 Fax: (301) 770-9611 The information contained in this message may be privileged, confidential, and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or any employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. -----Original Message----- From: Loathe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 10:26 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Veterans Affairs Well, I'm at week one right now, and I'm doing ok. I have a good friend that was on 50mg and he quit cold turkey and was fine. >From what I am reading, it's going to be a shitty 8 weeks, but I'm not a little kid, so I should live through it. I mean hell infantry school was longer than 8 weeks, and this has nothing on infantry school. -- Timothy Heald Analyst, Architect, Developer [EMAIL PROTECTED] W: 202-228-8372 C: 703-300-3911 -----Original Message----- From: Ben Doom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 10:19 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Veterans Affairs Is it okay if I be worried about you? Paxil is one of the hardest drugs to come off of with regard to antidepressants and antianxiety medication. It can also be dangerous -- those shocks down your body are signs that your brain is freaking out. Seriously, this isn't something to just "deal" with -- this is dangerous. --Ben Loathe wrote: > Ok, you guys know me. I am not a person that normally likes > government programs. > > However I have always thought that veterans (war vets, not guys that > serve in peace time) should be well taken car of, and I feel that this > administration has really dropped the ball with my generation of warriors. > > Just to give you guys the back story. > > I have PTSD pretty bad. Not the dive on the ground at car back fires > kind (actually bangs don't bother me at all, whistles from fire works > and shit really get me bad), rather the nightmares no sleep reality > and anger issues type. > > Now, I've been on Paxil for about a year, and it really did help a > lot. I ran out last Thursday. > > I do consulting right no, money is great, but no benefits, you know > like medical. We are, and have been, waiting for BC/BS to get around > to either approving or denying our application, and my transitional > assistance medical care from the military ended back in December. The > VA is available to me, however, I make too much money. They have a > sliding scale, and I would have to pay 100%. > > So essentially I am now doing the cold turkey Paxil withdrawal thing. > It sucks, baaaaaad. Not as bad as the shit on the web would have you > think. I mean, I'm not dying or anything. I get shocks through my > whole body like crazy. I yell, a lot, and for me to say I yell a lot, > that's bad. I am almost always shivering. Not from cold, just > shivering. I am insulting , more than normal, a lot more than normal. > > I figured, I would suck it up until the new insurance kicked in. The > wife had other plans. She calls the VA yesterday, and they treat her > like gold on the phone, make out lie I'm something they are really > concerned about, and say they will have someone contact me within the hour. > > Still no call. > > Last time I went in to a VA hospital I had broken my foot, this is > years ago, pre 9/11, took my 6 hours to be seen. At the time I was > making 20K a year. I still had to pay for the visit and the meds , oh > and BTW yes, I was a combat vet prior to Afghanistan. > > Anyway, I'm not so worried about myself, I can manage. I'm concerned > about the wounded, the guys with real mental health problems, and the > guys that can't just "deal". WTF are we doing for them, I am sick to > my stomach to hear about Bushie trying to cut VA benefits, and talk > about invading Iran almost in the same breath, who the fuck does he > think do the invading, it sure as shit isn't the Air Force. > > Sorry, I know long rant, just something I am thinking about, opinions? > > -- > Timothy Heald > Analyst, Architect, Developer > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > W: 202-228-8372 > C: 703-300-3911 > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:202276 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
