Guest guest Posted September 25, 1999 Report Share Posted September 25, 1999 > You've mentioned the thousands spent on wrong treatments before--was this > all in airfare, etc., to work with the " wrong " therapists or did you try > unconventional treatments to help Steve? Hi Kathy R., I know you were asking this of Kathy H., but I just had to throw my two cents in. We wasted at least hundreds and possibly thousands of dollars on the wrong docs - not alternative medicine but mainstream therapists and psychiatrists who claimed to be able to treat OCD but who really didn't have the goods on front line treatments. We experienced: Prescribing way too low doses of medication, attributing the med side effects to my " inability to deal with anger, " doing play therapy rather than CBT, being told meds were all that could be done and that therapy wasn't necessary, etc,. etc., you name it. It took several tries to find the right treatment team. And we live in a highly urban area between two major cities! Kathy H. was instrumental in educating me and encouraging me to keep trying. (Hope I'm not embarassing you, Kathy H. %o) On top of that, we too were encouraged by well-meaning friends to try herbs, acupuncture, and vitamins. Keep at it, Kathy R., and trust your gut instincts. Take care, Lesli (Bay Area) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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