cankat
17-03-08, 14:41
Having been told by various doctors that my symptoms (heart related) are 'just' anxiety, I decided to try CBT.
I was recommended a counsellor and phoned her just now to make an appointment. We had quite a long talk on the phone and when I described exactly what had happened (heart set racing when lignocaine was sprayed in my throat 2 months ago and not been right since then) and after asking me lots of questions about my symptoms and progress, she said, 'Well, I think it's something physiological.' She said she wasn't at all sure it was anxiety and didn't want to take my money without getting more information from some medical friends of hers.
Now I don't know what to think! I have been trying to convince myself it's anxiety because that's all that the medical profession has been able to come up with so far, and now the one person who I would have expected to say, 'Yes, it's anxiety,' has said that she doesn't think it is! I don't know whether that's good or bad! :shrug:
Anyway, I have a contingency appointment for Thursday but she's going to phone me on Wednesday to talk about what she's managed to find out and decide whether I really need therapy. In the meantime I'm to keep a detailed diary of symptoms etc.
Feeling all confused now, so just wanted to share.
Cx
I was recommended a counsellor and phoned her just now to make an appointment. We had quite a long talk on the phone and when I described exactly what had happened (heart set racing when lignocaine was sprayed in my throat 2 months ago and not been right since then) and after asking me lots of questions about my symptoms and progress, she said, 'Well, I think it's something physiological.' She said she wasn't at all sure it was anxiety and didn't want to take my money without getting more information from some medical friends of hers.
Now I don't know what to think! I have been trying to convince myself it's anxiety because that's all that the medical profession has been able to come up with so far, and now the one person who I would have expected to say, 'Yes, it's anxiety,' has said that she doesn't think it is! I don't know whether that's good or bad! :shrug:
Anyway, I have a contingency appointment for Thursday but she's going to phone me on Wednesday to talk about what she's managed to find out and decide whether I really need therapy. In the meantime I'm to keep a detailed diary of symptoms etc.
Feeling all confused now, so just wanted to share.
Cx