[Meeting With Pyschol Dr.]

... if a doctor gives you a GAF of much below 50 you may find youself involuntarily admitted because if you leave the hospital and kill yourself in the parking lot the doctor's ass is in deep $#@#.

Hi ... I have a GAF of 45, and spent some time in the psych unit here in NY VA. Am I in danger of being sent back because of my 45? I am finally comfortable in an apartment, and wouldn't like being locked up again, as comfortable as the psych unit was!

[Spartan3 - Ptsd Help For New Member]

.... My Ptsd symptoms have gotten so bad that it is hard for me to even function normally anymore. I wish i could have my normal life back, and I wish I could actually work and make a living so that I didnt have to try to live off of $1,000 a month for the rest of my life. ....

Hi:

I know exactly where you are at. What you need to do is hang in there NOW, and deal with this as soon as possible. Things get different, better in some ways, but your old self won't return.

Don't do like I did, and put it off for over 40 years! That's a perscription for disaster. I went for decades not being able to hold a job, violence, broken marriage, became homeless for 10 years, until I finally got into the VA and started dealing with my shit.

What I am saying is; as hard as things seem to be now, they can improve. Your best chance of regaining some of the old you back is to deal with this as soon as you can and don't put it off even if you get discouraged.

Welcome home, and good luck.

[Profile Access]

Hi:

New user here. When I try to set up my profile, I am greeted by an error which states I have no permission to do so. Can this be fixed?