Posted by adamie on October 30, 2001, at 18:33:49
In reply to Really nervous, posted by Margie on October 30, 2001, at 10:01:38
phychologists help people with life issues. phychiatrists help people with mental disorders. From my experience a lot of the talking which goes on with pdocs is medication oriented. they know a lot about the various meds a person can try. But many are not educated enough in various medical issues and how to help the patient.> I have my first psychiatrist appt on thursday of this week. I'm really nervous. I have a good GP who gives me medication and lets me talk about stuff but now he wants me to see a shrink about my agoraphobia and OCD.
> Being an agoraphobic, I'm really scared to do this. What is it going to be like? Am I going to have tell him about my childhood or some kind of Frudian stuff? What do psychiatrists do? I don't see how he can help me more than my GP.
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