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This is very unfortunate for many PTSD sufferers ( I am one of them). This therapy, at least anecdotally, was leaps and bounds better than current therapies. I hope the FDA reconsiders this decision.

p.s. for those interested in this topic I highly recommend the Netflix documentary and book "How to change your mind" by Michael Pollan

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As someone who has take MDMA many times in the past I very sceptical about it's therapeutic value in treating PTSD. The high is incredible, but that comes with a comedown of the opposite feelings; including depression, anxiety, fatigue, and can last from hours to days. Those effects are of course dose dependant.

AFAIK the point of using MDMA for PTSD isn't that it makes you high and happy and then you don't have PTSD - it's that it makes you high and able to talk about experiences you couldn't without MDMA. The therapy is a big part of the process.

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