Posted by sunny10 on May 11, 2005, at 14:00:22
I'm not sure if it's going to be a problem from an insurance coverage standpoint, but I have started seeing two T's.
One is a behavioral mgmt guy who will help my SO and I with individual anger mgmt and then see us together for couples counselling when he feels we are ready.
The other is a T just for me. There has been so much stress in my life lately and I'm becoming more and more paralyzed by feelings of low self-worth. I've thought about ending it all a few times lately.
But the new "personal T" really wants me to shell out money on a pdoc assesment because she feels that in order to correctly start a "long-term therapy relationship", she needs "a proper diagnosis" for me. I have to admit to some confusion as to exactly what my diagnosis is because at one point, many years ago, a pdoc prescribed me with Desipramine and Depakoate. A pretty well-known Bipolar med cocktail. And it worked for as long as I needed it (about a year) and I didn't have a buch of side effects when I came off them, either, like I did later with EfexxorXR.
But the other side of me is saying, "hey, wait a minute. Aren't you going to be providing ME with therapy? Does a label matter? Will you be treating ME or some DSM IV category?"
Can someone provide some insight? (Oh, and just so you know, I DID tell her that I had recurrent Major Depressive Disorder and that my cycle is extremely long... I can go 5-7 years without needing a year's worth of meds to "right" my chemicals again.... I am not currently on meds...)
Anyone?
-sunny10
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