1st Visit - Back in the Garden

[calliope1975]

Having spent the last 20 years in a perisistent clinically depressed state, and the past few months attempting to determine the best way to kill myself with the least muss, I am now seeing a new doctor. She's holistic and was pretty much forced on me by a coworker. That's not a bad thing. I'm going to keep a record of my visits and hopefully, my

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[head_of_fema]

Wow, I'm a psychiatrist, but I'm allopathically trained (traditional US science-type medicine) and don't have any idea where she's getting her stuff, but it sounds amazing, and I would love to see where this goes. It obviously made a big impression on you if you can remember so much to blog about, and connection with your provider has been shown to be the most important element of getting better in a therapeutic setting. Good luck with what looks like a difficult but rewarding journey. And keep up the good work!

[calliope1975]

'm cautiously optimistic. I've been on every SSRI on the market. I had been transitioning from Zoloft to Cymbalta when I realized that I've been trying traditional drugs for 10 years. And they haven't been working, so it was time for something else. I'm off all the meds - boy, howdy, withdrawals are no fun.

Actually, I wanted to look for a cognitive psychiatrist/therapist, but my coworker kind of foisted this woman on me. I don't really have much to lose (well, except money), but I'll give her a chance.

I knew my friends wanted to hear what happened which is why I tried to remember everything. One of my friends, after the fact, said I should have taken a tape recorder, which is a great idea, but I probably won't do that.

I also want to keep this record just to see if I do make progress. Maybe if I'd done that earlier, I wouldn't have waited ten years to try something new. Well, that's not true, I'm a master at procrastination and convincing myself to just go with the flow.

So, we'll see how it goes.....