I have the delight of having both. The PTSD took some really good T's and some good trauma groups to learn coping methods like grounding, breathing and just plain having someone in my corner.
The BP took longer mostly because I was in denial. Right now I'm on a good cocktail with no side effects so I'm in a good place mood wise. In the past I blamed all my problems on PTSD but as I learned the coping skills it became obvious even to thick headed me that it wasn't all the PTSD. Looking back its pretty clear that the mania/depression cycles magnified the PTSD symptoms.
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…Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. …...
Desiderata Max Ehrmann
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