ben999

I've got a psychiatrist appointment in a few days. I'm not looking forward to it. I think a big part of this is I often can't think of anything to say, but my current pdoc wants me to do the all of the talking. He's not the first therapist I've had who was like that. It's why I'm not a big fan of talk therapy in general. I mean what's the point if all I'm going to do is listen to myself talk. I could do that at home for free. Not that all talk therapy is bad. My social worker is rather good at it. Of course a big part of that is that he actually does talk. I see him once a week. Fortunately I only see the psychiatrist once a month. The only reason I keep going is because I need the meds. It's not that I don't like him; actually he's been very helpful. I just find his appointments extremely uncomfortable and awkward. I understand having difficulty speaking, I have trouble in that area too, but is it really necessary to spend a half hour there saying almost nothing? Why can't I tell him what my symptoms are, how my meds have been working, pick up my prescription, and then I'm out of there? That's how things worked with my previous psychiatrist.