random_thought
Brilliant_Rock
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madelise|1473914199|4076780 said:Yes. I've been in therapy since I was 21, on and off. I only take medication if it is getting unmanageable (i.e., too many anxiety attacks that are debilitating within a short period of time). On a day-to-day basis, I do not get them. I've managed them with coping strategies. I've learned to cry more often than keep it all bottled inside, then spiral out of control. Thus I don't carry around medication, since I wouldn't know when TO take them.
But, for instance, you go through a rough patch with many triggers. I just went through one, or am going through one. At these sorts of times, recognize when you DO need to go on medication. And that it's okay. Allow yourself to be spoiled with extra naps, doing hobbies, getting massages, etc. ANYTHING to help you decompress.
You're going through a rough time also. Just understand you're NOT alone. It happens to the best of us.
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I read your updates. I don't understand why your prescribing physician isn't able to diagnose you him/herself with anxiety. Anxiety is NOT uncommon. There are no "tests" he/she can do to prove you have it, as chances are, you aren't exhibiting the signs/symptoms at the moment of your appointments. Jeez Louise. Find another physician!
It's not the anxiety she won't diagnose me with and told me she had no problem prescribing something more mainstream like prozac. It's the bi-polar diagnosis that makes her nervous because in her words "it's a very serious diagnosis and not something to take lightly, I don't have as much experience with that as someone in psychiatry would have, so I recommend you see someone that can recommend taking the medication you've been on."
That's the reason she won't administer the test herself, which I understand, I was originally a psychology major. She's fine with monitoring me on the medication, but would prefer that someone else make the diagnosis since we don't have one on file.