I have had depression/anxiety as long as I can remember. I’m now 27, just lost a job on the first day because I kept having panic attacks, and have now sunk into a deep depression. I have an appointment with a therapist in a few days and my other doctor has put me on Wellbutrin (on top of xanax and zoloft). I need some more support. Does anyone know any good websites?

I currently see a psychologist that I talk to. He wanted to recommend me to a psychiatrist for medication. Does that mean I will have two co-pays, one when I see my psychologist, and another when I see the psychiatrist? Do you talk to the psychiatrist about your problems, or do you just walk in, give him the information he needs so he can give you medication, and leave, or is it an appointment similiar to one with a psychologist?

I keep having really bad chest pains that feel like I’m having a heart attack, I’ve been to a walk in centre about it and the nurse there said that it seemed like an anxiety attack and that I had to see my doctor. So I’ve made an appointment but how is anxiety generally treated?
My family don’t take this kinds of illness and how i feel seriously, so I’m worried that my doctor won’t either.
Thanks.

Okay, so I have my psych appointment tomorrow. I had him take me off the xanax. I feel like my OCD has gotten way out of hand, so I know I need to be prescribed to another anti-anxiety med. I have taken Ativan and Klonopin also before. I don’t want to be on any of these! What are some other anti anxiety meds? Does Valium work well?
I am already on Luvox, an SSRI. It’s not helping much. He already increased my dose also. I’m on 150 mg. Do two SSRI’s work better together?

I am extremely terrified of going to the dentist. I know that I need to go because I have cavaties and cracked teeth. Everytime a make an appointment, I whimp out and never go. Can anyone please give me some tips on how to calm down when I go? I hate having shots in my mouth and I hate the way novacaine feels. Can anyone suggest a good dentist in the Chicagoland area?

I am extremely terrified of going to the dentist. I know that I need to go because I have cavaties and cracked teeth. Everytime a make an appointment, I whimp out and never go. Can anyone please give me some tips on how to calm down when I go? I hate having shots in my mouth and I hate the way novacaine feels. Can anyone suggest a good dentist in the Chicagoland area?

I don’t know how to explain to my professor that I am experiencing severe depression and anxiety attacks, and that this has affected by class attendance. I have scheduled an appointment with him to discuss why I have been absent from class. I am used to explaining physical illments to my professors, but I feel so awkward telling my professor about my mental illness. How should I go about telling my professor about my situation? Would it better to meet him face to face or could I just tell him through e-mail? Will a note from my psychologists help?
The course is based on a discussion format. I have done all of the required readings, but everytime I go to this class and several others, I start having horrible panic attacks.

ive been going to the therapist at the health and counseling center at my college for a little while, and she made me an appointment with the nurse there to discuss medication options. i don’t know. every time ive been given meds before it was from the person i was talking to about my problems. i’m really nervous. they know that i have been diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder by one of the psychiatrists i was seeing a few years ago, and i know that they prescribe medications for mental disorders at the heath clinic, but i don’t know. i’m just going to like walk in and say "oh hey, can i have meds?!?!" i don’t know what i’m supposed to say when i go in. i don’t know if my therapist talked to the nurse and told her thats what i was coming in for, i should have asked my therapist to do so because i’m scared i don’t know the nurse i’ve only seen her once and that was a while ago, it might not even be the same one. i just don’t really know what to say when i first walk in, and when i say that i go to the therapist, she might ask which one, and that makes me nervous because i’m not sure how to actually say her name, its Sarika, but i don’t know which syllable would have the accent, and i dont want to say it wrong considering she’s my therapist and i should probably know. and now i can’t sleep because of all of this. i mean, i can barely ever sleep because of my anxiety but i’d just like to get some sleep, i have a midterm exam tomorrow after my appointment! ugh. advice on what to say when i walk in and how to calm myself down?

I never knew there was a name for my chronic shyness until Thursday this week. I have suffered all of my life (I’m 26) because of this. I have taken Lebowitz test my score was 105 which is severe Social anxiety. I am not able to get a job or go to school. I can’t make my daughter’s doctors appt., my sisters make most of my important phone calls, I experience the worst anxiety when meeting new people or ordering at restaurants. In high school my gpa suffered because I skipped class or found ways to be absent. My husband is a public speaker and I try to find ways to not attend his events. I hate to answer our phone. He doesn’t understand whats wrong with me but he loves me anyway. I NEED help! I know I need to make an appointment with the doctor, but how do I get the nerve? Am I eligible for SSI? My husband is pressuring me to get a job and I cant stomach the thought. I had to quit my last job as the pressure of interacting stressed me out. Depressed:( Please help! I’m at wit’s end:(
I think it would be wise for me to seek a way to add to my family’s income. I am not an unfit parent in the least. To say so is very insensitive on your part. I have a very dedicated husband and my child is very well taken care of. there is no reason why i should not seek benefits if the government is willing to help while I seek the help I need.

Thanks for your reply.

fYI: The SSI is to help me and my family UNTIL I complete treatment.

Tomorrow I am scheduled for my first ever therapy appointment and I’m nervous. I am quite obviously depressed, lack motivation, and am having a really hard time with a death in the family. That’s why I’m going. Any way, I just wanna know from someone who has gone before what I can expect from the first appointment and so on?

Hey, I’m male 22 and suffering from depression and social anxiety. Today after months of hesitation, i decided to make an appointment to see a doctor. The thing is, I’m not really sure what to say or how to say and explain it all. I’ve wrote a few things down about where i think it stemmed from and the effects it’s had and having on me, but not sure if that would be enough. My appointment is Friday afternoon.
Thanks for the answers, I am going alone yes, i think it will be better that way, my family aren’t very supportive, normally just offering useless solutions and their own diagnosis of what they think my problem is.

I can’t get an appointment with my MD for 5 weeks! I want to get going. I am working out but need something to help flush the fat.

I never knew there was a name for my chronic shyness until Thursday this week. I have suffered all of my life (I’m 26) because of this. I have taken Lebowitz test my score was 105 which is severe Social anxiety. I am not able to get a job or go to school. I can’t make my daughter’s doctors appt., my sisters make most of my important phone calls, I experience the worst anxiety when meeting new people or ordering at restaurants. In high school my gpa suffered because I skipped class or found ways to be absent. My husband is a public speaker and I try to find ways to not attend his events. I hate to answer our phone. He doesn’t understand whats wrong with me but he loves me anyway. I NEED help! I know I need to make an appointment with the doctor, but how do I get the nerve? Am I eligible for SSI? My husband is pressuring me to get a job and I cant stomach the thought. I had to quit my last job as the pressure of interacting stressed me out. Depressed:( Please help! I’m at wit’s end:(
think it would be wise for me to seek a way to add to my family’s income. I am not an unfit parent in the least. To say so is very insensitive on your part. I have a very dedicated husband and my child is very well taken care of. there is no reason why i should not seek benefits if the government is willing to help while I seek the help I need.

Thanks for your reply.

fYI: The SSI is to help me and my family UNTIL I complete treatment.
The detail I’ve added above was to a yahoouser who answered this same question that I’ve also posted to the psychology section. I just thought I’d put my response here in case another user wondered the same thing.

I made an appointment with a psychiatrist because I think I may have borderline personality disorder. I have been to a counselor/therapist a few times (different ones) before. I never kept my follow up appointments with them because I didn’t feel like they wore helping me. I just felt like they were just making me dig up my past and not helping me feel better or work through anything. They also said that I am suffering from depression. I had read up on the topic of depression and I didn’t not feel like the descriptions I have read (I have been researching depression for about 10 years) described me. Then recently I came across the topic of Borderline Personality Disorder and I felt like wow that describes me exactly. How do I go to a psychiatrist and tell them that. I don’t want them to think that I am crazy or that I am self diagnosing or telling that what I ‘have’ when of course I have no psych training. How do i tell them without sounding like I am nuts?

Hi. I’m Mario I’m 30 years old living in LA. I’ve been dealing with Anxiety/Panic attacks since then but this last month I’ve had them everyday twice a day they last me bout 2-4 hours out of the blue with no reason I went 6 times to the ER thinking I was dying they did EKG and X-Rays blood test and all was good!! Plus went to 4 other clinics and same thing they told me I have a panic anxiety dissoter. I was trying to deal with them by my self but yesterday morning took lorazepam 1mg and one more at night. But this morning woke up nervous.. My question is for those who knows bout this. Is it normal to have them everyday? And how long it’s gonna take me to feel better taking lorazepam??
This Saturday am going to have my first appointment with a consoler so I hope that’s gonna help me too.

Thanks.