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<blockquote data-quote="Star*" data-source="post: 353373" data-attributes="member: 4964"><p>Witz, </p><p></p><p>Oddly enough - most MD's (at least here) will now prescribe anti depressants and other SSRI's without sending you to a psychiatrist. They did for Dude anyway when he agreed to take them. All doctors will give you a depression questionnaire. If you even hint at being depressed in a "doctor in the box" type place like Doctors care - they whip the clip board out. I said "I'm just sad today. Out came the form. I'm on anti-depressants and at the time was seeing a therapist 3x a week - I'm glad they were in tune that much. </p><p></p><p>As far as GETTING him there? I think I'd start with a regular physical and go from there. How long has it been since that? Good place to start anyway. Then I'd address other issues. If he needs a referral to a specialist FOR SSRI's or other medications? Then you have a starting point. If it's just a clinic due to finances on his part? He needs to seek out the county mental health people....it's sliding scale. ALL counties have it. President Clinton made sure of that. </p><p></p><p>Now.....on to you.</p><p></p><p>The nightmare you are having that is recurring? Intensely interesting. You seem to think stress with M is the trigger. Could be. Oddly enough it may NOT be. Something else in your spidey sense could be setting it off and THAT is the part that is intensely interesting. See I had morbid fears and I went through a lot in dream world. EMDR was a lifesaver for me. That therapy was so quick, and so intense and about the most helpful thing I have ever done in my life. I would highly recommend you look into it with a qualified and trained therapist. The hidden recesses of your mind are harboring more than you think and whatever it is? Needs to be dealt with now. Everything we see, hear, touch, smell, taste? Is stored chemically in our brains. All our fears, happiness, joys, emotions etc - stored chemically - like a gigantic warehouse of digital knowledge. When we have nightmares like you're having? Over and over sensations with fear? It's time to deal with it. Stored images could be short circuiting or it could be things culminating that we have put off that we really feel we have no control over and in fact we do - we just lack the guidance to control them. That's what EMDR does - it gives us the ability to get inside our minds and control those fearful situations in a safe place and sort them out safely once and for all. My fear of crossing bridges - gone in one session. I now know why it bothered me to the point of complete shut down, and I know I won't be hurt. It was something I saw when I was 12. A Yugo on the Washington bridge had been picked up and was teetering over a cable....almost falling. In the back of my mind at sometime in my adult life - that memory came to fruition and WHAM - at 40 one day I could not go over a bridge in a car but had NO recollection of that time or memory at 12 years old. Weird huh? </p><p></p><p>I think you would really do well in EMDR. At least you could deal with the person on the other side of the door and confront him, control him, and deal with him face to face - in light. Really really. </p><p></p><p>Hugs </p><p>STar</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Star*, post: 353373, member: 4964"] Witz, Oddly enough - most MD's (at least here) will now prescribe anti depressants and other SSRI's without sending you to a psychiatrist. They did for Dude anyway when he agreed to take them. All doctors will give you a depression questionnaire. If you even hint at being depressed in a "doctor in the box" type place like Doctors care - they whip the clip board out. I said "I'm just sad today. Out came the form. I'm on anti-depressants and at the time was seeing a therapist 3x a week - I'm glad they were in tune that much. As far as GETTING him there? I think I'd start with a regular physical and go from there. How long has it been since that? Good place to start anyway. Then I'd address other issues. If he needs a referral to a specialist FOR SSRI's or other medications? Then you have a starting point. If it's just a clinic due to finances on his part? He needs to seek out the county mental health people....it's sliding scale. ALL counties have it. President Clinton made sure of that. Now.....on to you. The nightmare you are having that is recurring? Intensely interesting. You seem to think stress with M is the trigger. Could be. Oddly enough it may NOT be. Something else in your spidey sense could be setting it off and THAT is the part that is intensely interesting. See I had morbid fears and I went through a lot in dream world. EMDR was a lifesaver for me. That therapy was so quick, and so intense and about the most helpful thing I have ever done in my life. I would highly recommend you look into it with a qualified and trained therapist. The hidden recesses of your mind are harboring more than you think and whatever it is? Needs to be dealt with now. Everything we see, hear, touch, smell, taste? Is stored chemically in our brains. All our fears, happiness, joys, emotions etc - stored chemically - like a gigantic warehouse of digital knowledge. When we have nightmares like you're having? Over and over sensations with fear? It's time to deal with it. Stored images could be short circuiting or it could be things culminating that we have put off that we really feel we have no control over and in fact we do - we just lack the guidance to control them. That's what EMDR does - it gives us the ability to get inside our minds and control those fearful situations in a safe place and sort them out safely once and for all. My fear of crossing bridges - gone in one session. I now know why it bothered me to the point of complete shut down, and I know I won't be hurt. It was something I saw when I was 12. A Yugo on the Washington bridge had been picked up and was teetering over a cable....almost falling. In the back of my mind at sometime in my adult life - that memory came to fruition and WHAM - at 40 one day I could not go over a bridge in a car but had NO recollection of that time or memory at 12 years old. Weird huh? I think you would really do well in EMDR. At least you could deal with the person on the other side of the door and confront him, control him, and deal with him face to face - in light. Really really. Hugs STar [/QUOTE]
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