[LelouchLamperouge]

I finally took the courage to log into my university student account and look at my enrollment status and grades from last semester. I called the university today and schedule an appointment to see a personal and educational counselor. I'm not sure if I have to see a psychiatrist or not but I have to see a counselor first before possibly seeing a psychiatrist. I also called Stanford Hospital today to get information on seeing a doctor for my skin illness. I know it's Stanford but I can't believe it costs $800 just for a consultation visit. I instantly felt discouraged when I found out how much it costs. If a consultation visit is only $800 then imagine how much it would cost if I needed continuous check ups. The person helping me told me about applying for additional financial assistance which I will be trying to do.

It's funny how hard just making simple phone calls are...My appointments with the personal and educational counselors are scheduled for tomorrow already. I'm already feeling nervous and anxious about the sessions. Would it be strange if I print out posts that I've shared on here with the counselor? It would be so much easier for me to do that instead of trying to tell them what's going on on the first visit.

[glok]

Hello, alexchong. Good for you. You got a lot accomplished. I commend. Printing your posts is something I often suggest. From personal experience, I think it helps the professional too.

I wish you well.

[waterknob1234]

Printing the posts is a good idea. I usually bring a list to my doctors. I do this because I usually will forget to mention something. Best of wishes.

[Clara22]

I think it is good idea! I feel happy as you made the phone calls

[Altered Moment]

Good for you. I think you will feel better for facing things head on. I keep a mood log each day that I walk in and just hand to my pdoc and he reads it. It works very well as I can't remember everything I want to say and I tend to minimize things. So printing posts or writing it all down is a great idea. Again good job. That is major progress. I tend to totally avoid those types of things when depressed but I am much better at it now.

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[LelouchLamperouge]

I went to my first session today...not sure if you would call it a session, more like an assessment so the psychologist could see what I needed. Even thought it was an assessment, I still found it very hard...I was finding it really emotional and hard to answer his questions and providing him explanations of what's going on. I felt unsure when the psychologist said that my case was "special." Why does my case have to be special? That certainly did not make me feel special or any better about myself. Anyways, he said he will be referring me to the case manager and putting me down to start receiving therapy sessions since I am doing all this through the university's counseling services. He also mentioned that the case manager might be able to help me look for financial assistance in trying to seek medical assistance from Stanford. I'm not even sure if this will be the same person I will be seeing throughout my sessions or just for my assessment. God I hate the term "assessment"...

I'm also seeing the educational counselor on Monday to see what my options are for my studies...wonder how that's going to turn out. I'm kind of hesitant in all of this because I have to see all these different people. I hope this is a step in the right direction.

[Clara22]

Thank you for the update!

[Altered Moment]

It is a step in the right direction and good for you. It takes a lot of patience and persistence and can be very frustrating but you have to follow through to get the benefits. Stanford is on the cutting edge as far as research goes and hopefully that translates to their services.

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