Symptoms of Battle Fatigue
Dec 16th, 2009 by BigLittleWolf
Provided by Army Medical, excerpted and summarized; complete resource may be found at: http://www.tpub.com/content/armymedical/MD0549/MD05490023.htm.
Summarized and selected indicators of battle fatigue:
- Thousand yard stare (may disappear after rest)
- Hyper alertness
- Tension, startle response, sleep loss
- Psychological symptoms (common)
- Headache, nausea, vomiting, bowel and urinary symptoms
- Irritability (silent, withdrawn)
- Depression
- Inability to concentrate
- Inertia, indecision, fatigue
- Nightmares
- Anxiety
- Memory Loss
