Just read an interesting bio about Audie Murphy online. He was the most decorated soldier during WW 11. Killed over 240 of the enemy. His bio said he suffered from PTSD (although it wasn’t named back then) his whole life thereafter, and was addicted to sleeping pills...couldn’t sleep without them.
Audie Murphy was a wreck, unfortunately. Although he sustained a good movie career, he was a reckless gambler who actually borrowed money from the mob! If you read the very good book “Picture,” he speaks not of his shell shock but of his terrible war memories and how the war dominated his every waking moment. Only horseback rides helped. I am a huge fan of this man. He led an interesting and yet very sad life.
Audie Murphy saw he was getting addicted to the pills and locked himself in a hotel room and went cold turkey on his own