Microman,

One other thing comes to mind here. For me, expose and recover worked, but if I had tried it at the beginning or before I had other problems solved, I think it would have been a disaster. I tried the "buck up little camper" approach early on and each time I wound up in a worst state and each of those experiences made it more likely for me to stay holed up in my bunker (bedroom) with the lights out.

But after I had solved my headache problem (occipital neuralgia) and my eye problems, which took about four months and a trip to Johns Hopkins, I think I was then ready for expose and recover because my remaining symptoms (though I didn't know it at the time) were mostly vestibular and psychological (mild PTSD?). And those respond well to expose and recover. In fact, I think for those symptoms, expose and recover is the answer.

Anyway, those are my 2 cents...

Best of luck on your road to recovery!