has anyone ever had Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for anxiety/drpression

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i dont know prune

i dpnt even know whats wrong or why i am anxious/down

i feel like a fraud!

i have no problems at all

therea re others worse off than me

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i am taking thyroxine and it seems to be v stable

i have been taking citalopram for 6 mths now

i have thryroid test in 2 wks then back to gp for results and then decide whether to go for CBT or not

thanks for link MD

i havent tol d ASNYONE this not evne dh as i dotn want him to worry about me

You sahould share with dh. Imagine if he kept something like this from you.

i know

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Howcan he not know about medication? Is it making no differnece?You're not er.... thinking of another person are yuo?

prune i dont have any problems (liek your ivf) so i worry dh will say "but i dont udnerstand whats worng" iyswim

and cos there is nothing actually worng with my life i feel ashamed (i should feel lucky)

well i do feel lucky by ykwim..?

no i cant afford private

he does know i take meds but i started taking them same time as my thyroid packed in so i jsut told him it was to do with that

no im not thinking of anyone else

prune - i promiosed DD1 do some knitting with her so i better go

she has done about 4 rows already last night!

thanks for chatting x

yes, was primarily for OCD rather than anxiety/depression, so was very "behavioural". Found it a very positive experience, but like another poster, I had to start on ADs to lift my mood for the CBT to work.

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I did it for about 3 months this winter, when I was diagnosed with depression. It was life-transforming, everyone around me was astonished how quickly I recovered. I've felt wobbly since but the techniques I learned get me through those wobbly days. I saw a therapist privately, long waiting list on the NHS.

i am having group CBT at the moment(the course is nearly finished)and it has been very hard-going but now i am coming out the other side i can see it has done alot of good.i dont have the horrible thoughts coming into my head all the time,and if i do i can stop it straight away.thats just one example.

mine is on the NHS.

i really dont like the thought of group CBT

yes had it on the NHS 15 years ago and havent suffered since and I had had a nervouse breakdown and was very poorly.

It was the best thing ever for me and I still subconcs practise it now.

Go for it if you can.

MP