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Originally Posted by ruh roh
Honestly, I don't think you need medication. From everything you've described—your anxiety, physical symptoms and distress—are all very understandable considering your crazy-making family. Can a school counselor connect you with a therapist without having to get your mother's okay?
My therapist is the first one who told me that my mother shows every indication of having a mental illness; if I had known that growing up, and gotten outside support, I would not be nearly as messed up today (and on medication). You have a real chance to get help while you're young. I hope you can find at least one person to connect you with a therapist and/or tell your mother it's necessary for your well-being. But medication/psychiatrist? I wouldn't recommend going that as a first route at all.
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Thank you for telling me this. I don't think that I need medication either. I can't be connected with a therapist w/o my mother's OK, because of $$$$. She (school c) recommended a place for us, but I didn't want to go because I don't believe in "healing with faith" and have had poor experiences with the Catholic Church(Also it's only group?!?!?). I found a counseling center that I hope to go to, but, again I can't drive and am too scared to bring it up with her again. Medication wasn't really what I was aiming for, but I think it might seem that way. It's just that sometimes I wish there was an off switch for all of the anxiety and such. I have a friends mom who is a
psychiatrist, but I don't know if I would want to go to someone that I know.
One other thing that got me in the mindset of medication was that the counselor said that might be what will happen. I made it clear to her that I really wanted coping strategies instead. She offered me her best, but none of it really worked for me.
I feel like I am walking through a dark room w/o lights. At night I come on here and write, but don't really know what I am talking about, and don't compose my thoughts. Then when day comes, I write more, but more "competently". I really should stop coming on here at night. Night is when I have all of my bad ideas, such as dying my eyebrows blonde (wut).
Anyway, I think the reason I was thinking (Medication!) was because it was presented as a "magic pill"? What I really was thinking was "How can I get relief, that is
fast and solve my problems?" I know that medication does not cure illness, but instead treats the symptoms.
If you don't mind, what is CBT like? I have heard about it, but I don't know anything about it.
Oh, and sorry I got so defensive.