Giving therapy a shot.

[Ocean Breeze]

I suspect we all have this problem: MD is just one part of the anxiety-ridden psychological molotov cocktail that makes me so darn special. So over the past few months, the anxiety and stress have gotten worse, which has made the MD worse. 

And because of the MD, I don’t have any friends to talk to, and the isolation just makes it worse. So I’ve been dealing with it by binge eating (I have binge eating disorder as well), and now my clothes are getting tight, and I just read an article about Rosie O’Donnell having a heart attack. Rosie and I seem to have similar food and weight issues, and I don’t want to be next.

So I am breaking down and going to therapy. I am researching therapists because I have been to several in my life, and I’m starting to think that therapists are quacks. My last therapist put me on two drugs that made me crazy, and for each appointment, she only saw me for 15 minutes so she could write me a prescription for a refill, and then she took my full co-pay and charged my insurance company for the full session. It took me weeks to recover from the drugs once I stopped taking them.

But I can’t do this on my own anymore. So I’m talking to my doctor about recommending a psychiatrist. And because health care costs are through the roof and my company had to buy cheaper insurance, each cost will cost me $70. So the first indication that I’m dealing with a quack, I’m outta there.

[Ocean Breeze]

Thanks, Windy!  I may go that route.  I found a great therapist, but she only works business hours M-F, and I have a job.  The search continues.

[Windy City Day Dreamer]

I am currently reading the following book http://books.google.com/books/about/Self_Therapy.html?id=Ny96Z7N_ihsC  It has been very helpful in me understanding my maladaptive daydreaming which serves as a protector from me feeling certain pain and anxiety in my life.  I also can binge eat when I get stressed.   I have started to see an internal family systems (IFS) therapist and it has been going good so far.  You can find an IFS therapist at  http://www.selfleadership.org/ if you are interested.

[Ocean Breeze]

This is why I joined the site.  Thanks for the great suggestions, everyone.  And CreativeWriter, as a Northern agnostic girl who lives in the South, I feel your pain.  I really, really feel your pain.  

[Ocean Breeze]

Hello, M Hunter.  Wow.  You've had quite the therapy run as well.  So telling your therapist you heard voices didn't set off ANY warning bells in her head?  Amazing.  I'm glad you found a support worker who can provide actual help.  Hopefully that is where I'll end up.