Thanks, I will of course keep you updated on my progress. I think the CBT lady I saw was doing her best with the resources that she had but I think my needs were outside her scope of practice. Unfortunately mental health services over in the UK are not as well funded or understood or even valued as much as other parts of the world.

I read a heartbreaking story of a young lad today, only 17, who took his own life last year in my town. He was totally let down by the system which prescribes treatment based on a 'scoring' system. He needed much more help and simply didn't get it as the service is stretched and underfunded.