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Originally Posted by childofchaos831
One thing that may help is some of the resources that therapy uses to help with anxiety. CBT uses a lot of worksheets. I found this website - that has some of them on there. It would take a lot of looking at yourself, which usually a T helps with, but money can definitely be an issue for a lot of people.
Also, some areas have low cost or sliding scale therapy available. You may be able to find a place with an internet search.
P.S. I get headaches, a few different kinds. One kind I get are stress or tension headaches, which can be related to anxiety but they are still headaches and medicines do work. Maybe try talking to another doc, if you still get the headaches. Sometimes, doctors really don't seem to care or understand when there us mental illness involved, and just try to push us off on someone else. I learned I had to not back down and keep fighting when I was having symptoms.
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Thanks for the website! I'll check out the worksheets. I've already done a lot of research, and there aren't any clinics in my area that do free therapy. I have almost no money, so sliding scale won't be of any use to me. Sliding scale appointments still add up very quickly when you're dead broke.
Honestly, I'm not that bothered by the headaches themselves. I still get them, but they're usually not as severe as they were when they were started. I was always more concerned that they were a sign of an underlying problem like a brain tumor or a stroke. It's more the neurological issues I have that really interfere with my daily functioning, and it seems like no one is able to do anything about them.