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Originally Posted by Lunatic Fringe
Due to an insurance change, my original therapist pawned me to another. What is it like when starting with a new therapist?
I don't understand any of this mental health treatment. I have had severe anxiety for weeks leading to this upcoming appointment.
Out of my family, why did I have to be the one to wind up so screwed up?
And now for my most serious question, with my diagnosis in my middle age, can I get well enough to even remotely acquire a "life", or am I destined to live out the rest of my days with bouts of swinging, depression, mania, paranoia, confusion, and feeling out of place on this planet with no reason to continue to exist?
Oh, please respond with factual based details rather than warm and fuzzy feel good details.
I'm not like the gents in the movie A Few Good Men because I can handle the truth.
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Starting with a new therapist can be scary. You dont know what to expect from them, they dont know what to expect from you. You just gotta walk in and give them a shot. If you find that you don't like the new therapist you can always shop around till you find one that suits what you need out of therapy. And it does suck being the one person in the family screwed up. I was raised by my mother who was completely normal and i couldn't for the life of me figure out why i got hit with MI at a young age. (i did find out my dad is BP2)
and yes, i do believe that even with the diagnosis at middle age, you can find stability enough to live a normal life. I have a friend at work who's father was diagnosed at 40. yeah, he struggled and after a long time of trying to find the right meds, and therapy and pdocs, he finally achieved the stability he was looking for. I think that its possible for you to do the same. best of luck