Altitude Health

12/23/2025

Choosing a provider for PTSD is one of the most important decisions in your recovery. You need a specialist who understands treatment-resistant trauma, not just general mental health care.

In this blog, we explore the essential questions that help you evaluate a provider. We cover their specific training, experience with treatment resistance, and the range of interventional approaches they offer.

Choosing a PTSD provider in Jacksonville? Learn essential questions about experience, treatment approaches, and what to expect before committing to care.

12/19/2025

You've scheduled your first appointment with a trauma specialist, but the anxiety remains. Many people worry: will I have to relive my trauma in detail during this first evaluation?

In this blog, we walk through the entire evaluation process. We explain why providers focus on symptoms and functioning, not a trauma narrative, so you can arrive feeling prepared.

Nervous about your first PTSD evaluation in Jacksonville? Learn exactly what happens during intake, what questions you'll answer, and how to prepare.

12/17/2025

When you are diagnosed with PTSD, the variety of treatment options can feel overwhelming. It is difficult to know which interventions actually work and what you should try first.

In this blog, we establish a framework based on research guidelines. We clarify what makes a treatment evidence-based and what options, including trauma-focused therapies, should be considered first.

Confused about PTSD treatment options? Learn about proven therapies, medications, and interventional procedures from Jacksonville trauma specialists.

12/09/2025

You've diligently completed therapy and medications, yet your PTSD symptoms persist. This is not a failure of willpower; it means you may be dealing with treatment-resistant PTSD.

In this blog, we explore what treatment resistance means and why standard care can fall short. We explain the complex patterns that predict this resistance and what specialized options exist.

Therapy and medication for PTSD without relief? Learn what treatment-resistant PTSD means and what Jacksonville specialists offer when standard care fails.

12/02/2025

If PTSD symptoms are returning after a period of stability, you are not experiencing a failure in your recovery. Your brain's response to trauma involves complex neural pathways that can reactivate under stress.

In this blog, we explore the specific mechanisms behind symptom return. We explain the crucial difference between recurrence and treatment resistance to guide your next treatment steps.

PTSD symptoms returning after treatment? You're not alone. Learn why relapse happens and what Jacksonville specialists can do when therapy stops working.

11/22/2025

You are growing in ways you can’t always see. Repeat this affirmation and let your strength meet you where you are.

11/20/2025

If you have chronic back pain, headaches, or digestive problems that doctors can't explain, you're not imagining it. Trauma fundamentally alters your nervous system, creating real, measurable physical changes.

In this blog, we explore the neurobiology behind these physical symptoms. Understanding this mind-body connection is the first step toward integrated relief that addresses the root cause, not just the symptoms.

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Chronic pain, headaches, GI issues with PTSD? Learn why trauma affects your body and when Jacksonville providers can help with somatic symptoms.

11/13/2025

This season, give yourself permission to slow down.
Take a deep breath, find moments of warmth and light, and remember: it’s okay to need a little extra care right now.

11/11/2025

As we step into a new month, remember to keep yourself in mind. ✨

11/07/2025

We’re so grateful for our amazing clients who trust us with their mental health journey.

11/07/2025

After your third therapist, fifth medication, and countless "just give it more time" conversations, you're starting to wonder if PTSD treatment actually works for anyone. You're not failing therapy. The right treatment just hasn't found you yet.

In this blog, we explain why even gold-standard trauma-focused therapies don't work for everyone, what interventional procedures like stellate ganglion block and ketamine infusion target that traditional approaches don't, and how combining treatments often works better than relying on a single approach.

PTSD treatment failed in Jacksonville? Learn about advanced options like SGB and ketamine for treatment-resistant PTSD.

11/05/2025

If you're experiencing nightmares, anxiety, or emotional numbness years after your service ended, you're not imagining things. Delayed PTSD is a recognized medical condition with neurobiological underpinnings.

In this blog, we explain why trauma symptoms can emerge years or even decades after the event, how military structure during deployment can suppress symptoms that surface during transition, and why new stressors often reactivate old trauma you thought you'd moved past.

Delayed PTSD in veterans is common. Learn why symptoms appear years later & what treatments are available in Jacksonville.