Panic Attacks Support Group

I have my first apointment with my new councelor tomorrow. I am getting panicy about it. Maybe I shouldn't go. I am afraid that if I go and say the wrong thing, she will have me carted off to the hospital for a psychiatric evaluation because I've been depressed and panicy and making myself throw up. If that does happen then there is a possibility that I will be forced to take a medical leave for the rest of the semester, and then I won't graduate on time. I am seeing a councelor at the school because its free and then my parents won't know about it, but I am afraid that I won't be able to trust her because the rules are different here...if they deem you "unfit" to continue the semester and a "danger" to yourself, they can force you to take a leave...

I don't want my parents to find out because the last time I got really bad like this, I was having some pretty bad physical health issues as well, my mother attributed all my psychological problems to that, when I tried to explain that I was messed up prior to the health issues, she had a melt down about how she was a "terrible parent" and she "failed me." I could probably use to go on anti-depressants and anti-anxiety meds...but I don't want to have to go through my insurance because its my parents.

Driving home I was seriously considering the idea of just driving until my car ran out of gas and then sleeping wherever it stopped, just so I could get away for a while. I am afraid of life right now...

well let me address some of your worries a doctor can not have you "carted off" ANYWHERE unless you are making statments that you have a plan or have had a plan to harm yourself or those around you at this moment , even telling them you have had thoughts in the past gives them NO legal right to take you anywhere....

its always worrysome to see someone new for the first time i totally understand that my new thearpist i see on tus.

as far as the throwing up that is a eatting disorder and can be VERY well treated with therapy and no need to take anytime off school because of it and again they have no right to take you or make you do anything as long as you are not trying to kill yourself or anyone else...

everyone gets scared from time to time some more than others like me lol.....just remember you can run, you can hide, you can cry and fight it but the worries, stress, and life will be here when you get back so you best just get it over with now not waiting around for things to happen later

waiting anxiety is almost as bad as any other anxiety

best wishes and luck I am sure you will do fine and hell you never know you may LOVE your new doc thats what I am praying for on Tus

Lee

I know that they don't have a legal right to do it, but that doesn't mean they won't. They are not legally allowed to keep my fiance from having a service dog or deny him on campus housing because of it, but they did for almost a year.

According to the student handbook, confidentiallity applies unless there is "imminent danger of harm to self or others, in which cases these professionals are required by law to notify the police of that danger." Making myself throw up could be considered harming myself. Telling the councelor I want to drink myself into oblivion and not wake up could be construed as me wanting to harm myself. And a counselor may request that I be forced to take a medical leave of absence. In which case I would have to leave campus until I had a hearing to determine whether or not I should be forced to take leave.

Maybe I'm just being paranoid...last semester my roommate almost ODed on alcohol because she was depressed and they forced her to take a medical leave of absence. She had only a month left and then she would have graduated. She had to give up a job she had waiting for her after she graduated because she wasn't graduating on time. I also had a friend who was falsely accused of "hearing voices" by one of the councelors because he had a mild TBI and was trying to explain to her how he could hear the music in his head but could no longer play it. It was a huge mess.

I don't know, maybe I'm just being paranoid about it. But my school was voted #1 in the amount of "red tape" by the Princeton Review. I am afraid, I don't have the patience, time, or sanity to deal with all that right now...

I would be honest with the counselor. Maybe even start off expressing your thoughts and fears about the possibility of being forced to take a medical leave. Get it out right away and explain what your thoughts are on about if you need to take a leave.

The most important thing is to get yourself feeling better and therapy can help.

I agree with jojo or better yet dont use a on campus therapist that way they have no say over your schooling.

I mean if they are so bad they won't let someone have there service dog then dont talk to them at all find someone thats a better fit for you

Most if not all states have free therapy or based on income I pay two dollars for mine