NJ5227
Bluelighter
as someone who has been diagnosed with PTSD, and recently pronounced cured, I'd like to chime in with my experience.
I self treated my condition with a few different methods. The most important treatment I found was integrated counseling. This repaired me about 60% (my estimation), over the course of about 1 year. It alleviated my anxiety, stress, manic thoughts, and nightmares, mostly. I feel if I had maintained my therapy I estimate I would be completely healed in another year.
I also tried mushrooms. This failed miserably for me, induced panic attacks, derealization and more mania. From this experience I learned, I couldn't handle ANYTHING stimulant wise. These shrooms were a little on the speedy side.
I live in a MMJ state, so access to high quality herb was crucial. I learned I could not smoke anything stronger than a 50/50 hybrid or pure indica; anything stimy induced panic and anxiety. The right herb will make ALL the difference in keeping your mind where you want it.
Tried 5-meo-mipt. At low doses it was fine, but only gave insight and introspection, no relief from PTSD symptoms. Doses over 8mg would cause problems and I don't recommend it.
After finally getting anxiety under control, I was able to track down mdma, tested it for purity, and on 2 occasions gave myself measured doses of 100mg. I have previously rolled maybe 40 times prior to my traumatic episodes which led to my PTSD. The first dose felt like I was going under a spell or cosmic surgery; the experience floored me, left me unable to move for several hours, so I meditated for what felt like 2 hours, but I fell asleep and awoke the next day, so who knows. Very intense. In the weeks that followed, after a brief period of mild depression (typical mdma hangover) I noticed I felt noticeably "lighter" and happier. My obsessive thoughts diminished greatly.
After 6-7 weeks, I again dosed 100mg. The experience was different than the first time, not so heavy and intensive, and I was even social at times (something that has been greatly diminished since ptsd). Now almost 8 weeks after, I feel human again. My obsessive thought pattern is broken. I sleep pretty well at night, and I can honestly say I'm happy again
Its important to note that I would not have been able to take MDMA without getting my anxiety under control first, and counseling was WAY more effective than any pill ever has been for anxiety. During this time period, I have also completely changed my diet & exercise habits, and removed a lot of toxic people from my life. There is no magic bullet for PTSD, but in my experience, mdma has been very helpful in combination with other forms of treatment.
I self treated my condition with a few different methods. The most important treatment I found was integrated counseling. This repaired me about 60% (my estimation), over the course of about 1 year. It alleviated my anxiety, stress, manic thoughts, and nightmares, mostly. I feel if I had maintained my therapy I estimate I would be completely healed in another year.
I also tried mushrooms. This failed miserably for me, induced panic attacks, derealization and more mania. From this experience I learned, I couldn't handle ANYTHING stimulant wise. These shrooms were a little on the speedy side.
I live in a MMJ state, so access to high quality herb was crucial. I learned I could not smoke anything stronger than a 50/50 hybrid or pure indica; anything stimy induced panic and anxiety. The right herb will make ALL the difference in keeping your mind where you want it.
Tried 5-meo-mipt. At low doses it was fine, but only gave insight and introspection, no relief from PTSD symptoms. Doses over 8mg would cause problems and I don't recommend it.
After finally getting anxiety under control, I was able to track down mdma, tested it for purity, and on 2 occasions gave myself measured doses of 100mg. I have previously rolled maybe 40 times prior to my traumatic episodes which led to my PTSD. The first dose felt like I was going under a spell or cosmic surgery; the experience floored me, left me unable to move for several hours, so I meditated for what felt like 2 hours, but I fell asleep and awoke the next day, so who knows. Very intense. In the weeks that followed, after a brief period of mild depression (typical mdma hangover) I noticed I felt noticeably "lighter" and happier. My obsessive thoughts diminished greatly.
After 6-7 weeks, I again dosed 100mg. The experience was different than the first time, not so heavy and intensive, and I was even social at times (something that has been greatly diminished since ptsd). Now almost 8 weeks after, I feel human again. My obsessive thought pattern is broken. I sleep pretty well at night, and I can honestly say I'm happy again
Its important to note that I would not have been able to take MDMA without getting my anxiety under control first, and counseling was WAY more effective than any pill ever has been for anxiety. During this time period, I have also completely changed my diet & exercise habits, and removed a lot of toxic people from my life. There is no magic bullet for PTSD, but in my experience, mdma has been very helpful in combination with other forms of treatment.
