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Re:Ask HN: Trauma has broken me. Nothing has worked. Alterna... by needadvicebadly on Friday March 24, 2023 @09:21AM (#35288678)
I'm diagnosed with CPTSD and tried ketamine-assisted therapy for over a year. It certainly helped with awareness and introspection, but has done nothing for actual behavioral modification, sadly. Willing to give MDMA a try but afraid to go underground for it.
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Re:Ask HN: Trauma has broken me. Nothing has worked. Alterna... by bobosha on Friday March 24, 2023 @09:25AM (#35288739)
Psilocybin and MDMA has worked wonders for even the worst trauma. Please do try these therapies and there are many more on the way. Please don't give up. - a fellow cPTSD patient.
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Re:Ask HN: Trauma has broken me. Nothing has worked. Alterna... by needadvicebadly on Friday March 24, 2023 @09:27AM (#35288764)
Have you tried MDMA?
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Re:Ask HN: Trauma has broken me. Nothing has worked. Alterna... by bobosha on Friday March 24, 2023 @09:33AM (#35288826)
MDMA and Psilocybin have shown fantastic efficacy. Look up MAPS Trial for efficacy data, it's about as close to a magic pill for PTSD as one can imagine.

"MDMA was found to induce significant and robust attenuation in CAPS-5 score compared with placebo (P < 0.0001, d = 0.91) and to significantly decrease the SDS total score (P = 0.0116, d = 0.43)."

A p-value of 0.0001 is extremely good. [1] https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-021-01336-3

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