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Old 07-09-2009, 03:04 PM
Mark in Idaho Mark in Idaho is offline
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mhr4,

Where did you get the idea that "Scientists are currently finding that resolving PTSD issues in IRAQ veterans is also resolving their MTBI symptoms."

From my research, they have found that PTSD magnifies the symptoms of MTBI/PCS. It is like washing a wound (mtbi) with dirty water (PTSD) They have been trying to identify the MTBI symptoms as compared to the PTSD symptoms.

Resolving the PTSD may reduce the overlap and magnification of MTBI symptoms but it only resolves those symptoms caused or exacerbated by the PTSD.

The injuries our soldiers are coming home with are very different that those suffered here. Rarely do people in civil society have the multiple traumas, both to the brain and the psyche. Sometimes simultaneously.

I would be very careful in submitting to PTSD therapies. Some are very controversial and may be dangerous. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) may be the least risky. Light therapy, sometimes performed as Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy has mixed reviews for treating PTSD.
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