question: My son has PTSD from the Gulf War. He has turned 50 and has progressively changed from the son I know to times when I don t recognize him at all. His marriage of 26 years is on the rocks. His oldest two girls are alienated from him and the youngest two have to deal at home with mood changes from that of isolation to on-your-face shouting at them. They stay in their rooms to avoid some slight infraction to converts to a mountain that comes down on him. There is no physical abuse, only verbal. He is stuck in a job he hates but sees no way out because of the debt he carries especially in a $2500 per month payment, Every other Monday he is at the VA Hospital. They cure nothing, just disperse pills -- lots of pills and I seriously doubt that one doctor communicates with any other doctors assigned too him to see if he is taking a toxic cocktail with this variety of pills he takes. He is convinced there is no help physically or emotionally for him. He is in pain from the top of his head to the bottoms of his feet yet he rises at 4AM every morning and get back at 4:30 p.m. He will heat up a can of soup, eat and then go to bed. He has no energy left for the family. 1 WHAT ANSWERS DO YOU HAVE AND WHERE CAN YOU DIRECT ME OTHER THAN A VETERANS HOSPITAL!J