RE: Steemit Vision Quest: Among The Lucky Ones
Our minds work in wondrous ways. PTS is not a disorder or an illness. It is your mind protecting itself and trying to process a traumatic event. I don't think medications are the way to go. My youngest brother had a bad case of PTS after he found my middle brother's body after he had been missing a few days. He had committed suicide. Doctors had decided that they would treat it with mega doses of all sorts of pharmaceuticals. He got worse, not better. He went through it all for years. Finally, on a trip home, I helped him get off all the different meds (22 in all) and started him on a vegan diet and detoxed his body. Then we looked for some natural herbs. Today 3 years later he is in a good place. He hasn't had an anxiety attack in a long time. He went to a therapist for a while just to have someone to talk to. PST can be worked through without all the chemicals, but sometimes the flashbacks return when another event triggers it.
Thanks for sharing that story. It is always encouraging to hear of folks who made it through. Drugs are not an option. My "anxiety attacks" began when I had a horrific reaction to coming off SSRIs too fast. They would never admit the drugs screwed up my adrenal function. I have enough medical training and body awareness that I know that is what happened. My "fight or flight" got hypersensitized. When the muscle twitches would not stop I thought for a moment about a muscle relaxer, but decided to do yoga and HIIT instead. Then I found that TRE video. I have not had time to really delve into that yet, we spent yesterday getting the truck out and today we have to do a big city run, but no drugs. Herbs, oils, exercise, meditation, may see a chiropractor but Pharma nearly killed me once, I am not willing to give them another chance. Thanks for your kind words, as always. You are such a dear soul!