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lizzie_swarf) wrote2009-10-05 05:44 pm
lizzie_swarf) wrote2009-10-05 05:44 pm
Mass malaise
FINALLY! FINALLY! FINALLY!
My doctor has FINALLY agreed to refer me for CBT.... which is all I wanted!
She was very pragmatic about it though.
DOC:"Well, whether you like it or not, you are going to have to get those beta blockers down you again as you KNOW they calm your symptoms."
ME:"But you KNOW how I feel about taking prescription drugs!"
DOC:"Well there really is no other alternative if you are having such violent physical symptoms as soon as you get nervous."
ME:"But I want to treat the cause, not the symptoms!
DOC:"Well, as soon as you can find the metal to actually visit the surgery and speak to me face to face, then I will refer you for CBT. But it's no use being referred to CBT until you can actually leave the house!"
ME: "If I know that you are FINALLY going to give me the thing I wanted in the first place, then I will FIND a way to leave the house! See you on Wednesday!"
It's interesting because things in the NHS are changing so rapidly.
A year ago, when I first became post traumatic, she said that CBT was as rare as hens' teeth and there was a two year waiting list!
The basic message was, "You'll have to do this on your own!"
I went to my boss and he got me some counselling, but to be honest, I found The Samaritans to be more useful as you can banter to them for as long as you like without having to go anywhere!
I KNEW that I needed CBT.
I am an intelligent woman with an IQ of 160...I can work out for myself what I need...and what I need is, in this instance, someone to teach me how to be rational!
Anyhow, the doctor assured me that anxiety and depression were the two most common ailments that she has to deal with these days.
It has become more rife than Swine flu and so much of a crisis that they are training up lots of new CBT specialists to deal with the crisis.
Hence...no more waiting list, just a few weeks and then BANG! You are in.
I am not going to muse about the causes of this mass malaise, that is for another entry.
But at least the good old NHS has recognised the epidemic and is beginning to find solutions to try and curb it.
My doctor has FINALLY agreed to refer me for CBT.... which is all I wanted!
She was very pragmatic about it though.
DOC:"Well, whether you like it or not, you are going to have to get those beta blockers down you again as you KNOW they calm your symptoms."
ME:"But you KNOW how I feel about taking prescription drugs!"
DOC:"Well there really is no other alternative if you are having such violent physical symptoms as soon as you get nervous."
ME:"But I want to treat the cause, not the symptoms!
DOC:"Well, as soon as you can find the metal to actually visit the surgery and speak to me face to face, then I will refer you for CBT. But it's no use being referred to CBT until you can actually leave the house!"
ME: "If I know that you are FINALLY going to give me the thing I wanted in the first place, then I will FIND a way to leave the house! See you on Wednesday!"
It's interesting because things in the NHS are changing so rapidly.
A year ago, when I first became post traumatic, she said that CBT was as rare as hens' teeth and there was a two year waiting list!
The basic message was, "You'll have to do this on your own!"
I went to my boss and he got me some counselling, but to be honest, I found The Samaritans to be more useful as you can banter to them for as long as you like without having to go anywhere!
I KNEW that I needed CBT.
I am an intelligent woman with an IQ of 160...I can work out for myself what I need...and what I need is, in this instance, someone to teach me how to be rational!
Anyhow, the doctor assured me that anxiety and depression were the two most common ailments that she has to deal with these days.
It has become more rife than Swine flu and so much of a crisis that they are training up lots of new CBT specialists to deal with the crisis.
Hence...no more waiting list, just a few weeks and then BANG! You are in.
I am not going to muse about the causes of this mass malaise, that is for another entry.
But at least the good old NHS has recognised the epidemic and is beginning to find solutions to try and curb it.