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05-20-2018 01:26 PM |
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Originally Posted by wolverinewolfweiselpigeon
(Post 1952816)
Imo it's worth saving up and spending the $150+ for an hour long session with a good psychiatrist. Prepare yourself before the session and communicate your hesitations and bad experiences with past prescriptions. Try to figure out what you want from your meds. A good psych will want you to find the right medication, and if you don't feel that find a different psychiatrist. It sucks that it's so oppresively expensive but it's worth it, and you'll probably only have to see them a few times a year just to check in about what is or isn't working for you. Of course it's always a bit of a gamble to introduce your body to a new med, I've had bad experiences but nothing with lasting damage. It's just important to trust your body and if something doesn't feel right don't do what I did and hate yourself for not being good enough for a particular med and understand that there is a shopping-around process. I am pro med because it worked for me, but YMMV.
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+100%
Not a therapist, a licensed psychiatrist. BIG difference between the two. And lay it all out on the table. Bare your soul, your moods, emotions, sleep habits, what makes you happy, what makes you cry, what pisses you off, everything.
50 mg of Zoloft a day saved my life. (not taking it during my recent bender almost ended it).
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