I'm sorry you had such a stressful day, Miguel'smom! You are not the only person who has had such a day with a doctor other than a mental health related doctor or therapist. I've had similar. I'm particularly thinking of a neurologist appointment I had several years back. That's not even mentioning the many situations I had at pharmacies.

There are times when I have had to reschedule appointments. I rescheduled my gynecologist appointment that was supposed to happen today. I didn't go to my French class last night. All because of my mood. But that doesn't mean I will never go. My mood will level sufficiently to go, hopefully next week (in the case of the French class). So will yours.

Obviously an effective medication cocktail can improve how we act or come across in public. However, I truly believe that coping tools and skills made the biggest difference for me. Well, I needed all improved.

A couple days ago, Fuzzybear posted a thread about grounding techniques. A lot of people provided some good tools there. I mentioned the benefit of pre-planning the experience (visualization of the experience). That's a tool that quickly comes to my mind when it comes to going to stressful places. That was especially helpful when I was getting through a period of mild agoraphobia. Fuzzybear's thread I mention is at Grrrr grounding?