“As far as we can tell from his medical records, he had very few therapy sessions and was unfortunately being treated with anti-anxiety medications, specifically benzodiazepines,” Waple said.
Benzodiazepines are classified by the Drug Enforcement Administration as depressants, and they are known for creating addiction. Large doses, or chronic doses, are “associated with amnesia, hostility, irritability, and vivid or disturbing dreams,” according to the DEA.
Alarmed by increasing abuse of the drugs within the Army and accidental overdoses by soldiers on complex drug cocktails, the Army surgeon general released new standards this spring that stop the use of the drugs to treat post-traumatic stress.”
We are going to keep seeing this story repeated unless and until the Military cleans these crap, emotional and perceptual distorting drugs removed and completely banned.
Excellent comments.
If you go to the website set up to help soldiers like Josh, there is a copy of the Army Chief of Medical
command explaining that benzodiazapines not only do not help PTSD but they make it worse!
Link here: http://saveoursoldiers.org/
It’s the April 10, 2012 memo under the PTSD Tab