Posted by Poet on January 15, 2004, at 13:02:32
In reply to Therapy, Meds and Babble, oh my!, posted by Selkhet on January 14, 2004, at 23:34:05
Hi Selkhet,
I've been posting since September and the support I've gotten has been great.
My history: bulimia, depression and social anxiety. I avoided therapy for years (actually decades.) I've been in it since August of 2002.
Opening up is still very hard for me. I need to go slow and she understands that, she doesn't push me to spill my guts. I tend to start out with current things: work, family and she manages to lead it to what I need to talk about.
I've never met with a pdoc (you're right, it's psychiatrist) I see a family medicine doc for meds. I hate being what I call chemically controlled, but Paxil has helped me with both depression and social anxiety.
I would think that if your therapist thinks you don't really need to see her, she'd say so. My therapist told me thatif my bulimia gets seriously out of control, she'll have to refer me to someone with more expertise.
I'm glad you (and I) seemed to have lucked out and found a good therapist on the first try.
Poet
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