opinions on this-

[lexiraee]

I know nobody could tell me what to do. I’m just looking for a little bit of advice. I kind of want to drop my therapist, idk. I’m homebound agoraphobic for years, and could only go around a block, and have a severe phobia of medication of any kind even a vitamin, I’ve only had a few sessions with her and she was great, like she actually gave good coping skills, seemed to understand my phobias, gave me “homework”, anyways I feel I’ve made a lot of progress, the last week or a little more I’ve been driving around my city and to the next city at night, driving for around 30-45 minutes around (which is huge for me, considering I couldn’t even go past a block) I’ve been taking antibiotics I need for a tooth issue and even taking ibuprofen for pain (for years I literally let myself suffer out of fear of medication) I feel like I’m doing big things and really starting to push myself, and this last session she was like that’s great!!!! But I’ve been wanting to bring this up, maybe it’s time to think about medication, I literally hung up the phone on her and told her my phone died and we’ll reschedule but damn, it hurt a bit, now I feel like she doesn’t believe in me and like she feels it’s impossible to recover without medication, since that session I’ve been a little depressed and not doing much exposure.. idk, how would you feel?? Should I tell her this? I do understand medication can help people, but I know I’m not at that point yet and I’m already doing things I would’ve never never thought about doing before. Any advise/opinion welcome.

[19malpas]

Hi Lexiraee, you can get better without medication, if you are coping without it, try to go without it, I think you should ring your therapist & keep up with your sessions for a bit longer, you probably still need some support.

[Fallin77]

Hi Lexiraee, if you can get by without medication that is wonderful 😊 It sounds to me like you were making extraordinary progress with your therapist. I don't know why she would bring this up? If you were able to go to the dentist that's incredible. I couldn't go for years because the fear and anxiety was so bad. I have a lot of family members that don't even like to take an aspirin so I understand that too...I did kind of the same thing with my psychiatrist because I panicked she was going to take me off of wellbutrin and so I never saw her again. I think I behaved too hastly but too scared to follow her advice. I see where you are coming from but a fear of taking medication is also a phobia she should understand. It's very hard to find a doctor/therapist who really gets you ( you know really understands where you are coming from )so I would think twice before letting that relationship go, you may not find that repour with someone else.

[Will2015abc]

hi lexirwee. I’m new here but I just wanted to reply to you. Firstly CONGRATULATIONS on the AMAZING strides you’ve made over the last while. They are absolutely massive and significant and I’m really really happy for you.

Reading your post there were a few things that just popped out at me. The steady progression on the road to wellness, YOU putting in the homework and pushing through the hard stuff.

Amazing and what I’m seeing is “you’re keeping up your end of the bargain” in the relationship you have with your therapist for want of a better expression! You’re killing it!

And honestly that is exactly what I would say to your therapist if you feel anyway pressured into doing something you just don’t feel ready for either now (or ever).

You’re doing the work you’re seeing the therapist and it’s WORKING - so why change things now. This is what I’d be asking mine if I was doing as well as you are. Because YOU know you have grown and they have to acknowledge that too so I wouldn’t be quitting them just yet. I’d be pointing out all the good you’ve achieved so far. Does that make sense?

Well done again.