On 2018-07-24 12:11 AM, graham wrote:
> On 2018-07-23 9:46 PM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>> On Mon, 23 Jul 2018 21:28:57 -0600, graham > wrote:
>> snip
>>>>
>>> I have a friend who was a Canadian UN medic in Bosnia and then posted to
>>> Ruwanda. She has severe PTSD and any confrontation with someone of
>>> African heritage or the smell of someone who has poor hygiene can set
>>> off a panic attack. Those and other effects have rendered her
>>> unemployable.
>>
>> How awful for her.Â* I hope someday she is able to find some measure of
>> relief.
>>
> From what she has told me, it seems that the psych profession hasn't
> any idea how to treat these sufferers.
>


Perhaps they should be looking at a connection between malaria
medications and the symptoms of PTSD. There is evidence that they can
cause damage to the brain that results in symptoms that mimic PTSD.

FIW, my son spend almost a year in Uganda and suffered negative effects.
They were so bad that he took it only every 10 days instead of weekly.
One time he goofed and took it three days later instead of 10 and he was
experiencing psychotic episodes so bad that he almost checked himself
into the hospital there. He says that he still has nightmares every night.