Can PTSD be treated with medication alone?
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Short answer
Medication can meaningfully ease PTSD symptoms like sleep problems, hypervigilance, and mood changes, but it is often most effective alongside trauma-focused therapy rather than used entirely on its own.
Medication can make other healing work more possible by reducing the most disruptive symptoms first.
Care can be coordinated with a trauma therapist for a fuller treatment approach.
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