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Hey, LosTinSeattle, for a level 3 internet junkie, you've been gone too long!  How did the appt. go?

Lost:

LosTinSeattle

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don't sweat it Lost...  most psychs are ok and can see through pretty much everything.

when i went in, i felt so annoyed with myself because that fight or flight instinct kicked in - and i turned up in my friend's highly expensive convertible audi radiating the poster image of a vogue nineties child.......???

i was SO not myself but he just talked me through it - and as obstructive as i kept being (him:  do you fidget?    me:  no.    him:  well, why have you been twisting that pencil around and around from the moment you walked in???)

so ya know they are not 'out to get you'.  they are out to help you...  so they'll be able to see you have ADD no worries.  just be sure you get the medication you want.

and that you don't take any sh*t from them.  you're paying - if you don't like the way they read you or think they are reading you wrong then find another shrink. 

you are in control somewhere - so chill.  it'll be fine.  at worst you get to talk about yourself for an hour or so....  no harm there, right?

just don't fall in love with him or let him fall in love with you either (such a cliche - falling for your shrink, just cos they are such goooood listeners).

and AngieZ i'm not sure how it is in the states but in the UK, your gp generally refers you to a psych in the first place and you go from there.


i need some advice from anyone. i finally have my appt with the counselor today and im nervous. i dont know why, maybe because everyone keeps telling me its all in my head. ive written all kinds of crap down that indicate my adhd, took a test and printed it out...but i feel like everyone is the race against me. like i'll walk in and she will do everything she can to prove i dont hve it. does anyone know of any things or ways i can snap out of this or talk to her?

*ScaredinSeattle*Get a new counselor.Take your history as a child.

Where did you find your counselor? I understand and relate, I dont even know where to start, a psychiatrist?