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Posts are getting quite prickly here and I feel I should say at this point that a lot of people are clearly interested in this subject so lets try to think of all users and keep this thread on the rails for everyone's sake. I'm not speaking to anyone in particular, but let's calm it down a bit, thanks.

 

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I just wanted to update again. I am 3 months post SGB and am feeling just as bad as I did before the SGB. I went through a depression following the SGB effects wearing off because I felt so great, kept almost going back into reality for 2 weeks and then my ptsd got triggered and it all went away. I thought for sure I was going to recover and its hard to go from that higher level of functioning back into the dark place.
Looking back, I said post injection that if I had the money I would keep getting them every few weeks but now that I have had the time to reflect, the procedure is way too intense for me to want to get it again. Would I pay $2000 every few weeks to feel as good as the SGB made me feel if it was in pill form or something, yes I sure would. But its just not worth the intensity of the procedure and the cost to keep going back. Its a real shame. I was so hopeful that this would be answer we all have been waiting for.

I expect what you've said previously may be right, that while it is logical to "switch off" the stress response for a time, and may be a great relief short term, it may also require some kind of therapy to help keep from old stress-generating thinking patterns etc resurfacing, what do you think?

 

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Hi Ray, I wanted to follow up to see how u r doing now post shot, as well as any other people u know of.. I am particularly interested in your feed above because as I understood Dr. Simeon's study- Those study participants actually had low noripenephrine levels which is different than those with PTSD who actually are producing to much?
This is all so complicated and I believe warrants further collaboration between those of us who were and perhaps are not interested and took the shot nthose of us still interested and didn't take the shot. Do you know if everyone who took the shot is still here n doing ok or did any end up with worsening of symptoms? It seems the subject just dropped off

I think the subject dropped off as it had reached a natural conclusion, at least for the time being. Unfortunately it didn't turn out to be as successful a long term solution as people had hoped it would be. It's also expensive and people should be aware there are potential dangers in having shots like these. For those reasons, in agreement with the OP, I'm moving this thread out the recovery section into treatment options.