Hi,
I've had my times when I'm back to who I was, and times where I'm downhill again. I think they call this lapses or relapsing.
My colleague who has been seeing a psychiatrist and is on meds, has said he has watched me suffer trying to deal with it the natural way via a psychologists with the wort being my most hardcore supplement and he is heavily recommending going to see a psychartist who might be able to review my physical symptoms better than my GP or psychologist.
To this day, I still am questioning - is it anxiety? Or is there something else wrong. It probably is because I can be back to normal but everything is so tangled together.
I recognised I need to change my life and calm down rather than to pop a pill - which is why I've been avoiding the meds path but I'm at a crossroad now where I've lapsed again and feel like crap and seriously contemplating the psychartist and med path in the hope that this gives me my life back where my physical symptoms are a long way back in the rear view mirror.
A friend said to me that since I am going through so much physical symptoms that a psychiatrist is probably better than a psychologist.
Has anyone been down this path as to which one is better? I did a bit of reading (as we all do ...) and it seems like a psychiatrist has more medical experience as well as having the ability to prescribe meds so maybe they would better understand my physical symptoms and implemented a better recovery plan than psychologist and talk therapies?
Also anyone know of any psychiatrist that bulk bill in Sydney that has helped them? I've found literally no bulk bill psychiatrist aside from those that might do it if you are in difficult circumstances like unemployed. I can't say I'm in the poor category but I can't say I'm well off either so trying to find a balance between the wallet and getting better ...
Appreciate everyone's input.
