Good things: PTSD evaluation, potassium, rearranging furniture, frosting and gingerbread.

[oddharmonic]

Kevin has decided to be evaluated for PTSD. I am both pleased and relieved he has made this decision. (Like all mental health issues, the afflicted person has to want to do something about the issue

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[karaksindru]

hehehe! Gingerbread tank! I approve. :)

[oddharmonic]

<3 your Professor icon.

I still have to go out to the dollar store for the pirou-whatever cookies, but you could go into a diabetic coma from the volume and variety of frosting in my kitchen right now. Hell, I feel a little woozy when I look at it so I've put it all into a paper bag.

[phoena]

I still that that item for you. Want me to drop it off Tuesday or Wednesday?

[oddharmonic]

Whenever works for you would be great. I'd be happy to buy you coffee or lunch or something for your trouble.

Also, I would like to preemptively apologize for any cold weather later in the week. The meteorologist on one of the local stations said there was about a 2.8% chance of having snow on any given Christmas and I can only hope he wasn't tempting Mother Nature by sharing that on air.

[phoena]

I don't know what time we're getting into town on Tuesday so we can do it sometime Wednesday. I've got your number so I'll be in touch!

[dictator88]

I've been doing PTSD research, as many of my patients in the barrio have it. It's a war-zone their, too. I have come across many articles from places like 'Military Psychology', and the government's sensitivity is something like, "How fast can we get the soldier back into the field?" Troubling. Also troubling is that there is some evidence that being interviewed about the trauma may actually cause additional trauma. I made this mistake early on, without realizing. I don't go through a checklist now. Instead, I find the information I need in order to diagnose through conversation. It's more important to establish a good relationship with the PTSD patient. They need to feel safe and comfortable. Attachment issues are big

[dictator88]

I also have to say that you are a saint for going through this with him. I'm sure that putting up with him is a major task. I went through it, too. Though, my partner was not in combat. It gets better, but it is fucking hard.

[oddharmonic]

Putting up with Kevin's troubles is a constant lately, but I'm committed to not giving up on him because I think he deserves to have someone in his life that doesn't walk out or use religion as an explanation for why bad things happen.

I am always glad to see people who've lived with a partner with PTSD and didn't end up going batshit crazy from the experience.

When I step back from being in the thick of it, it is kind of cool to have a live-in research subject. I make regular notes on his expression of impulsive thoughts and emotional lability in case I might be able to make some sense of them later.

[oddharmonic]

I'm sure he has PTSD from his combat experience -- he was fresh out of training when he participated in the invasion of Grenada. I suspect any mental health oversight he experienced was minimal and he would have shrugged off what was offered anyway.

[may_lyn]

you ARE going to post piccies of the gingerbread tank? because that rocks in so many ways!

[oddharmonic]

Of course! I have my pattern printed now but haven't baked the gingerbread yet.

[may_lyn]

what kind of tank? seriously, pat's the expert.

[oddharmonic]

M1A2 Abrams. Laurel is disappointed that it will not actually run or fire, but that's a whole different school of building. (:

Potassium

[anonymous]

You'll find is safer and you'll be able to increase the amount of Potassium if you don't use supplimants. Supplimants are usually salts, and absorbed into the body very fast. Low sodium V-8, Cambells Tomatoe Juice, and many smoothies are good sources.
If you have any questions, my eMail is GESICC [at] aol.com, or I have a page on facebook, www .facebook.com/#!/groups/316129295070312/
Good luck,
Greg Tyler