Rachel, excellent point. For me, I didn't know until I went of meds to discover my real feelings in order to know exactly what I did have left to work upon. Whilst medicated though I didn't work on symptom based matters, I just worked at the trauma regardless what symptoms where doing. That is what I suggest others do here, always have actually.... just go at the trauma then work out the rest once the biggest parts are sorted first.

Excellent point though.... be interesting to see the experience shared. I guess what you ask is the reason for this forum though, in that to stop others learning from such drawn out experience and learn from others mistakes, to trust what so many have done the long way to discover a shorter method in which to manage and heal PTSD.