11-03-2011, 04:00 PM
(11-03-2011, 03:25 PM)Shannon Wrote: Matt, you remind me so much of who I was and what I was going through several years ago.
I can't speak for everyone, but I think that pills should be an option of last resort, as they obviously are for you. Pills are usually not going to fix the problem. They just hide it in most cases. With risks and side effects to boot.
But today the automatic assumption is to just prescribe some pills, because most doctors don't know anything else anymore. In the 50's, hypnosis was making big inroads in dental and medical practices, but its rare now to see a medical doctor who knows how to do hypnosis, never mind uses it. Better medications today, maybe? I don't think so. I think the laws changed and the insurance companies got involved and the legal system got involved and doctors were crushed in the middle, all the while the drug companies were having a field day. Prescribing pills is much faster and easier, and with insurance being so high and malpractice being so common, what doctor has time for really getting to know their patients anymore? To afford all those insurances and such, they needed to see a lot more patients.
I'd say that it would be difficult to find evidence that your anxiety was biological. I find it hard to believe that such a thing is even possible, honestly. Anxiety comes from fear and insecurity. How is that biological? In a case like yours, though, it requires knowing specifically what the triggers are. You'd do a lot better to see someone who understands psychology and hypnosis, in my opinion. Find the root psychological cause, and it shouldn't be difficult to deal with from there on out. Medical doctors are horrible at anything to do with psychology these days.
I agree. A good therapist is very wise to have...even if you don't have a lot of issues. It's nice to have someone you can trust to go to with your problems as they arise.
Ryan
