ALLOSTATIC OVERLOAD NEWS

Ref: www.defpro.com/news

Are these people for real? they are talking about suppressing abnormal adrenalin flow!!!!hello is anybody home? it would appear not.
It is wrong thinking on so many levels it is an insult to intelligence and medical process.
Not a word about the HPA Axis, the process that controls these flows, so they are still at the same level they have been for the last fourty years of on going failure.
They are so intent on keeping the treatment of veterans in the psychiatric area, they are ignoring the obvious medical causes.
What is even more unforgivable is they are ignoring current science that shows the biology of humans is being changed due to chronic stress called Allostatic Load, which in turn affects the brain.
To only keep on addressing a result rather then the cause, is the reason psychological manipulation has been such a failure throughout the world.
I have known and developed psychological techniques that are very successful over thirty years ago which "they" are only just starting to use now.

WHY DON'T I TALK ABOUT THEM?:
VERY SIMPLE THEY ARE NOT THE MAIN PROBLEM.

If this is the standard of debate in America, I fear for their veterans.
And people wonder why I have a problem with psychs.
In disgust
Mac

Syd McLeod
07.12.2010

The recent announcement by Barrak Obama on the relaxation of the rules for the claims of PTSD – “no longer do USA military have to identify one incident that was traumatic.” He said that he did not expect combatants to carry notebooks in order to be able to give specifics about incidents but rather the fact that they were there was enough. See podcast especially the end bit.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/07/10/weekly-address-help-vets-with-ptsd

This is a significant breakthrough because it reinforces what everybody already knew that involvement in war at whatever level is stressful, the degree is another matter.

That they have labeled PTSD as the only result is quite simplistic and demonstrates the lack of understanding and research of the real problem Allostatic Overload.

Because the fact of the matter many are not afflicted with PTSD but they just about have the entire medical book of complaints thrown at them as a aggressive beyond normal replacement, the only problem is most of it if not all is not being recognized as being caused by stress which it most certainly is.

That they may well also have psychological issues is almost just another of the many by products, but in the overall scheme of things it is not the main issue as the failure to treat such problems successfully has shown.

We should now be able to look forward to a more holistic approach as the implications of this break through sink in and they take the appropriate steps to understand how chronic stress is affecting the bio system of human beings.

Syd McLeod
12.07.2010

I am sorry that there have been no updates of late but it takes time to organise the facts in such a way that there is a clear direction that can come to understandable conclusions. Although the first draft has been produced it is a long way away from where it needs to go.

A paper on Allostatic Load/Overload is even more difficult as it is far more complex then people can imagine despite the objective to get science and the powers that be to medically test soldiers before, during and after stressful deployment being very logically simple.

If known issues are put aside the fact that the staged onset and array of chemicals that come into play the longer chronic stress is applied, has illogically never been researched or understood what and how it affects the human biology is a mystery because they are only now realising that stress plays a role in the evolutionary process never before imagined.

And that is where the focus must be applied, because it is the cause of many if not all of the other related issues. The danger that will confront the direction of the paper research is much the same as in the past and that is looking at the problem from a result perspective rather then the cause.

Even though the focus will shift from the traditional issues to things such as telomeres, proteins, cells, genes etc the danger is they will be focused individually despite the fact how they are affected is just another result closer to the cause but a result non the less and that is the sort of attitude that created the non effective research that we have had to endure for nil result for so long.

I can’t stress enough that the key to understanding and perhaps minimising the affects of chronic stress will only be found in the initial phases because from that point on so many systems are collectively affected resulting in a cascade of resulting conditions that can only end in pointless conclusions due to there interconnectivity if followed individually and may even be clouded by what could be called development or good stress.

In any case the final draft should be ready for peer review in about October 2010, we hope.

Syd McLeod
1.07.2010

Alan Griffin looks to Medical Science for Answers

In an unprecedented move The Hon Alan Griffin MP the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs (sometimes known as the swamp full of crocodiles) has shown intelligence courage and foresight far beyond ALL others in having Dr Graeme Killer AO look at the possible benefits that should arise from investigating the medical implications that affect PTSD and many other diseases.

Dr Graeme Killer AO in conjunction with Lt Col (Dr) Peter Nasveld Research Manager Centre for Military and Veterans Health have agreed in principal to fund a Paper Search to that end and see it through to the end.

All three deserve congratulations as does Del Heuke who was essential in getting the proposal into a presentable form.

Syd (Mac) McLeod