Hello I'm new here and I'm looking for advice!
My husband just transitioned out of the military. He is finally home and was excited to come home. It's been a month and it's becoming a really hard transition.
He has always been the type of person who keeps to himself, always had a bit of insomnia. He has nightmares or will think about his combat ptsd situations sometimes or dream about them but it's not like flashbacks he says. I don't know much about it but he thought he might have a very mild form of ptsd.
Well not after a month of barely any sleep, he's getting worse. The transition is hard and he's always stressed (probably due to moving from military structure to crazy family life with a toddler). The anxiety and depression symptoms are things like nausea, he can't keep anything down. He is ALWAYS tired. He can't sleep all night and lays there with his mind racing and th sleeps half the day, wakes up for an hr or two and then needs to lay back down again.
I know stress can be hard on a body. I've been trying to feed him right and make sure his body is healthy using supplements and vitamins. He says hes never felt this sick in his life and we don't know what to do.
I'm wondering if it could be chronic stress disorder. But im wondering if anyone else has experienced that with ptsd because that's all I have to go off of really.
Any help advice or direction would be much appreciated. Thank you.