Talk therapy and medication are not the best therapies for PTSD. Medication can be lifesaving, and it can provide tremendous relief of symptoms (im thinking of going back on), but its not a cure. Talk therapy can be destructive. If your life is getting worse, and you feel thos more than just today, talk to your treating practitioner or change practitioners.

I was on a norepinephrine blocker that made me feel weak. It was great to feel loving, peaceful and mellow, but I was unable to do anything productive and my organization fell to the pits. Then I woke up and realised I was not getting anything done. I was going to end up in a welfare hovel riding the bus to senior center mahjong which the county case workers thought was a fine life for someone like me. I woke up. Being helpless is a difficult feeling for someone with ptsd. Besides, We have our high dopamine low serotonin bodies for a reason, to save our lives. . It's not nice to force a different state on the body.

I keep saying, the cure is in body centered therapies. Kundalini yoga. Bercelis TRE. Levine's Somatic Experiencing. TRE can be learned from a book. It's that simple. Do it. I can guarantee you will sleep like a baby and wake refreshed. That's half the cure right there.