Any recommendations for alternatives to medication for the treatment of PTS?

I find the gym helps. May sound lame but the exhaustion after an intense weight lifting session helps promote sleep and a more relaxed body

What symptoms do you have?

Fishing. There isn't the issue of people. It's just you and nature.

My former squad leader, SSG Jon Warren, has been undergoing an experimental treatment in California called magnetic resonance therapy. It is the only treatment that has worked for him and is gaining popularity.

Find what you love and do it. Too many years in emergency medicine as an EMT got to me. I never admit to PTS but one of my Medical Corps docs keeps telling me that no one gets out of the ER and trauma care without PTS. I still don't admit to it!

But, on the off chance there is some truth to the observation, I do the following: I don't dwell on the past or worry about a future that may never arrive. Despite the urge to fight tough memories from my past, I let them pass and focus on the here and now. I cut myself some slack. I play golf, collect old coins, ride a bike, take walks and sometimes, do nothing at all. I don't worry about how much I sleep unless it interferes with something important. If I want to stay up late, I give myself permission to do so. I take myself out to dinner but I drink my alcohol at home (with a limit of no more than two, ever!). I do my best to get along with others but if it doesn't work out, I don't get stressed. I flirt for the sake of flirting and if it goes somewhere, that is great. If not or if someone takes offense to it, I'll apologize and move on. (PTS can be a relationship killer). For those who do work out, I focus on the time with them, in the moment and not about the last date or tomorrow (this is tough with women because they remember everything and will hold it against you!)

The most important and toughest thing to learn is that the only opinion about you that matters is yours. Whether or not 100 people show up to my funeral or no one does won't matter to me because I'll be dead.

PTS and the associated anxiety attacks, depression, self-doubt, suicide tendencies, alcoholism, addictions and troubled relationships can either be accepted as part of surviving or rejected and ultimately being the result of your death. Whether you use bio-feedback to manage anxiety, sunshine and activities with others to fight depression, telling yourself that others still need you to fight suicide, limits on alcohol to control alcoholism, moderation in your addiction and acceptance of your loneliness for your troubled relationships, you will need coping mechanisms. People don't beat PTS, the manage it.

Also, be aware of things like forgetfulness, confusion and defensiveness. They are a pain in the ass and hard to cope with but you need to work through it.
Good luck.