first therapy appointment nerves

[AmanSilvers]

I've been fighting the urge to cancel and have been successful so far. I really need to try and get better, and I know I can't do it without proper help.
I've already written some notes on what I want to say and some questions to ask, mostly based on suggestions from the thread pinned to the recovery board.
I am a little worried about bringing up any suicide related things, but hopefully that's unfounded. I think about ctb frequently but honestly have no real plan or intention to do it. So that should be fine I think? Once I got sent to a hospital because someone misunderstood me on that sort of thing, but I'd hope someone trained wouldn't make a mistake like that.


Anyway. Do you have tips or general support for me? I would appreciate it.

 

[silent wraith]

Hello ! Good luck with your appointment , just make sure that you clarify to the profesional that you don't have any actual plans to do it but that you have toughts like that. I believe that should be fine , but maybe that also depends on local law. In my country for example if a patient shows signs of being dangerous to themselves or others they have to send them to a mental hospital or something like that.
Anyways stay safe , and sending you a lot of strenght

 

[whywere]

1st off are you talking with a psychiatrist and also a psychologist at your 1st session?

Id it is just the psychiatrist and he/she recommends meds, I would ask if he/she is readily available, as my 1st time I was given a script for Zoloft, filled it and started taking it. Holy heavens did my mental wheels fall off fast and suicide ideation came into play fast. I called and talked with her, and we tried Celexa next and have been on it for a long time and it works well.

Same as with like Klonopin as I was given a script for that and I asked about side effects and withdrawals. Found out withdrawals can be much worse than like opioids are, nasty.

For me at least and I am paranoid, I asked right off the bat, if I was 100% honest, was the cops going to be called and I was going to be hauled away, OR could we talk about it in a rational sense to help me.

If it is also a psychologist, I let he/her lead with all questions then I would want to focus on just one or two, as it usually is about 1 hour. I never liked how some would hopscotch all over the place and I would leave confused, 1 or 2 issues/topics and drill down on them to get a more complete picture, then next time move on and not spin my wheels regurgitating from the last visit.

I found the talk sessions to be VERY useful.

Good luck and you will do GREAT!

Walter

 

[Mgelanie]

I've been fighting the urge to cancel and have been successful so far. I really need to try and get better, and I know I can't do it without proper help.
I've already written some notes on what I want to say and some questions to ask, mostly based on suggestions from the thread pinned to the recovery board.
I am a little worried about bringing up any suicide related things, but hopefully that's unfounded. I think about ctb frequently but honestly have no real plan or intention to do it. So that should be fine I think? Once I got sent to a hospital because someone misunderstood me on that sort of thing, but I'd hope someone trained wouldn't make a mistake like that.


Anyway. Do you have tips or general support for me? I would appreciate it.

Good luck I hope it goes well