Posted by posterchild on February 6, 2009, at 18:27:01
Just wanted to know other's experience with this!
I've been working with a therapist for about a year now...the T I'm with now I've been with since September and he is amazing, although I don't like to admit that. Anyway, I'm in therapy for school-related anxiety (I'm a college sophomore) and my T and I both think that it will best to go on Medicine again. I was on meds in high school, and am violently opposed to them as they threw my life into a tailspin..but it's either ADD meds or fail another semester and get kicked out of school. Anyways.
I really do not want to go to a psychiatrist. AT ALL. I do not like them, they scare me, and I REFUSE. The thought of sitting in that office gives me night terrors. I would much rather not go on meds and get kicked out of school than have to go see a psychiatrist. My T recommended that I see a nautropath but that seems a little bit too off the wall for me. So I just made an appointment with a family practice doctor on Monday (I have some weird stuff on my tongue and would like it gone, anyways.) Is it even worth asking if he would give me a prescription for ADD meds/Anti-depressants? I know which ones I want already, but I just don't know if he would even be willing to give me a prescription for this kind of stuff. Does anyone get their meds from just a regular doctor or do they usually make you go through a psychiatrist? And do I just ask for the pills? What kind of proof do I need?
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