Oh my, yes. I'd say 9 out of 10 doctors and therapists I've seen have been completely incompetent. I don't have much faith in them either. I do a lot of my own research. I didn't have any involvement with doctors or therapists for a long time until it was so bad I ended up in the hospital. After that I had more doctors and therapists than I could shake a stick at.

I'm sure there is more than one way to break the anxiety cycle, it's just a matter of what works for each individual I think. I tried so many things and resisted the medications for years because (of course, being ME, worrying about everything) I was terrified of becoming addicted to or in any way dependent on it.

Anyway, feel free to PM me if you'd like. I still have really bad anxiety sometimes but... it's definitely gotten better. Depression, on the other hand... still a work in progress.