I think SSRIs are worth a try if someone is severely symptomatic enough with depression and anxiety. It's impossible to know if they will work for you without trying them.

I never would have been able to do the work of therapy without mine. Then, when I tried to go taper off it, my hyperarousal and depression skyrocketed. To me this does not indicate that the drug has been bad for me, just that I depend on its effects to feel more even-keeled. My psychiatrist has said that long-term trauma may change the brain chemistry such that I will take this drug long-term. I'm okay with that, because combined with the work I've done in therapy, I might eventually get a normal life.