The doctor I am currently seeing for the PTSD is only my temporary doctor. (I was in a med. trial that didn't go too well for me, so the doc. is seeing me until he finds someone else for me to see.) Right now I'm not doing too much to deal with the PTSD (aside from medications and monthly check-ins) because my health insurance isn't so good, and my current doctor can't find anyone who deals with PTSD who will take it. I plan to switch health insurance, and (if all goes well), I will be able to start both a new insurance and a new doctor/therapist come June.

The doctor I'm working with wants me to do CBT/exposure therapy once he finds me someone and I have better insurance. I'm a bit hesitant because the treatment that I was going through a few of months ago included exposure-like stuff, and let's just say that didn't go too well and I ended up with really bad symptoms for a while. This made my daily life very difficult, as you all can imagine.

Anyway, I did say that I am willing to give the CPT/exposure therapy a shot. I figured that since I don't work during the summer--(I'm a teacher)--it would be a good time to do this since I wouldn't have to worry about trying to stay stable for work.

That being said, I wonder if this will give me enough time to work on some of the tough stuff and get to a "better place" with the PTSD before I have to go back to work in the fall. Now I don't expect to be 100% better or anything; I am just hoping that I can get some of the hardest parts over with within a few months.

Am I being realistic? If not, is there a better option? (Taking time off from work is not currently an option for me.)