Mefloquine toxicity and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder have the same psychological symptoms.
let’s look at this list of symptoms –
Trouble Sleeping
Hallucinations
Manic Episodes
Personality Changes
Loss of Reality
Suicidal Thoughts
Restlessness
Easily Annoyed/Angered
Here I have to issue a disclaimer. The above is not a list of PTS symptoms, it is a list of the side-effects of the most commonly prescribes drugs for the treatment of Post Traumatic Stress. To be clear, the above is not from the DSM V, it is from the warnings, side-effects and contraindications listed by the manufacturers of the very drugs prescribed to treat PTSD, by both military and civilian health care providers.
Here is another very telling list –
Anxiousness
Depression
Hallucinations
Paranoia
Psychosis
Mania
This is not a list of PTS symptoms either. These are among the more serious side-effects of a drug called mefloquine, the anti-malarial drug given to our troops. Worse, these side-effects can be long lasting and even permanent, according to new warnings issued by the FDA…
http://www.chicagonow.com/uncommon-sense/2014/06/mefloquine-chemical-causes-post-traumatic-stress-disorder-20140626/