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Originally Posted by Readytostop
I live in US and I were buying individual health insurance, and paying for therapy out of pocket, I would not tell my MD anything about being in therapy or using the words depression .... because once that is written in your history or records the insurance companies have access to it and it would be used in rating you for insurance..
Of course, my opinion of that would change if depression was not helped by therapy alone and my T suggested I talk to my GP about medication...
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Yup. Unfortunately last year when I was looking at new insurance options, I had to tell them about my anxiety. So, t is already in my record. But that was before t diagnosed dysthymia. I wish I had discussed this with t last session
