
Getyoursh*ttogther.com
Getyoursh*ttogether.com
Blast Injury: the gift that keeps on giving. Veterans who have been
deployed have virtually all experienced blast injury. A blast “rips” through
your brain in 3 msec, causing diffuse injury and dysfunction. It is most
likely that anyone who experiences one blast injury experiences more than
one blast injury, injuring an already injured brain. Blast injury is the gift that
keeps on giving: in combination with other injuries that deployed military
members experience, the injury contributes to neurodegenerative symptoms.
Other traumatic injuries, toxic exposures, neuroendocrine dysfunction,
hypoxia from sleep apnea and other pathological processes worsen a brain
injury condition.

Veterans have asked for a website “getyoursh*ttogether.com” and
suggested that every injured veteran would gravitate to the site. It is
hard to self – assess and figure out what happened. You can walk, talk and
eat, but your thinking is not as clear. It is harder to process information.
Your emotions feel out of control. You feel dizzy at times. You can’t sleep
at night anymore, no matter how much you drink or sedate yourself. And
then the VA tells you that you have PTSD and you need medicine and
counseling. But what is really going on ?

Proper assessment is necessary: brain imaging, labs, toxicity testing, sleep
studies to name a few. You cannot improve your functional ability until
you address the brain health issues. Brain health is mental health.
Veterans must advocate for their care, as the system is not set up for these
evaluations. If you don’t take care of your brain, who will ? Look for a
treatment center near you at TreatNow.org.
(The website Getyoursh*ttogether.com does not exist ! )
Carol L. Henricks, M.D.
Neurologist