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fairy2323 · 05-25-2009, 07:02 AM

I recently started seeing a therapist for anxiety/ panic. I have been to see her every week for 5 weeks. She is a psychologist and not a psychiatrist so she doesn't prescribe drugs. I have never been to a therapist before so I'm not sure what is supposed to be happening when you go, but it seems like we are getting nowhere. I should first off state that I really do like her. I feel comfortable talking to her and she's a very nice person, but she hasn't "done" anything for me. She has been encouraging me to go to either my regular doctor or a psychiatrist and ask for meds which I do not want. Part of my anxiety/panic is brought on by feeling out of control and I am scared that taking one of these medications will make me feel out of control of my body (long story on this one but it had to do with an anti-depressant that was prescribed to me as a teenager for migranes---very bad reaction). Anyway I am, to say the least, hesitant to take meds, but she is pretty insistant that I at least get a prescription for them.

On top of this it seem like all we do is BS (for lack of better words) when I go in there. She will ask me how my week was- I will tell her- she might ask a question or two and then we will start talking about random things. Half of my last appointment was spent talking about our pets and where to get good produce in this city. For the first couple of appointments I thought that she was doing this to make me feel more comfortable talking to her, but now I'm starting to wonder if this is all we are going to do. She hasn't made any suggestions as to how I should handle things- often times it seems like there are long silences while she thinks of a question to ask me- and she asks very few of what I would consider to be "relavent" questions. I kind of feel like I am initiating most of the conversations.

Again, I do really like her and it was very hard for me to even start going there. I would hate to have to change therapists, but I am left to wonder if this is normal in the beginning. What has your experience been with therapists. What can you tell me about what your sessions consist of etc? Thanks for any input!