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I'll have my first appointment with a psychiatrist tomorrow. What should I expect? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by RomanRoy@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Hey Lemmings

I think maybe I'm just a bit anxious right now.

But I don't know what to expect.

I already go to a psychologist once a week, since my early teens (although I had some time off until now).

Should I expect the same dynamics?

I know why I'm going and all, I know what I wanna "treat", but I'm still in doubt about if what I want to treat is the treatment I need, and it would be more of a consequence of some deeper stuff.

Don't know if I made myself clear, but there it is.

Has anyone been to one before? What should I expect? How it went for you?

Edit: so, I did it and it was VERY NICE. He was very welcoming and made me feel very secure. He ended up prescribing two medications for me, to which I expressed some concerns, but he made me feel comfortable and trust him about it. When he was talking and said something about "having a normal life again" I almost cried lol.

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[–] P1r4nha@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

At least from my experience (been to a psychologist and a psychiatrist) the talk therapies are very similar and there's a lot of overlap. I didn't find the psychiatrist overly medical, but of course he did recommend a combined therapy of several strong medications and behavioral cognitive therapy (or whatever it's called) which got me up to my feet a bit quicker than the psychologist did.