Elle-Kay
09-08-06, 10:18
Hi All,
I've just been to my Doctor about my anxiety (again), as I'm getting married this time next year and I want this thing well and truly GONE by then. I actually went in to ask about a referral to CBT, but apparently there is a 12 month waiting list in my area, and good counsellors are as rare as hen's teeth, so the Dr is going to refer me to the Community Psychiatric Nurse instead.
I went to see a Psychologist when I was about 15/16 about this same thing, because I had been referred to a Psychiatrist but refused to see them on the grounds that it made me insane.... Although it helped me get out the house and back to school (I was heavily agoraphobic with it at that time), it didn't sort out the problem completely, and I was discharged before I felt I'd been "cured". I'm going to see the Psychiatrist this time - I'm older, and know that it doesn't make me crazy! - but I don't really know what to expect. Could anyone give me an idea of how it will differ from my Psychologist experience?
Leah x
--- Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off the goal.
I've just been to my Doctor about my anxiety (again), as I'm getting married this time next year and I want this thing well and truly GONE by then. I actually went in to ask about a referral to CBT, but apparently there is a 12 month waiting list in my area, and good counsellors are as rare as hen's teeth, so the Dr is going to refer me to the Community Psychiatric Nurse instead.
I went to see a Psychologist when I was about 15/16 about this same thing, because I had been referred to a Psychiatrist but refused to see them on the grounds that it made me insane.... Although it helped me get out the house and back to school (I was heavily agoraphobic with it at that time), it didn't sort out the problem completely, and I was discharged before I felt I'd been "cured". I'm going to see the Psychiatrist this time - I'm older, and know that it doesn't make me crazy! - but I don't really know what to expect. Could anyone give me an idea of how it will differ from my Psychologist experience?
Leah x
--- Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off the goal.