for those based in the UK did you go to your GP?

DannieCleo

Active member
Has anybody from the UK actually been to their GP and said they have (or suspect they have) S.A.D?

Or did you just list a bunch of things and had S.A.D diagnosed?

If so, how seriously do you think it was taken?

what kind of treatment was offered?

I ask about UK specifically, because i think the US are further ahead in terms of health care proffessionals acknowledging this thing and taking it seriously.

Not sure my GP would have heard of it, much less take it seriously.

I have had counselling on the NHS before, but it was for depression and LONG before i knew i had SA. Only thing was my counsellor was a humanist and you don't get to choose the discipline you want. I would have prefered CBT.
 

millyjones

New member
DannieCleo said:
Has anybody from the UK actually been to their GP and said they have (or suspect they have) S.A.D?

Or did you just list a bunch of things and had S.A.D diagnosed?

If so, how seriously do you think it was taken?

what kind of treatment was offered?

I ask about UK specifically, because i think the US are further ahead in terms of health care proffessionals acknowledging this thing and taking it seriously.

Not sure my GP would have heard of it, much less take it seriously.

I have had counselling on the NHS before, but it was for depression and LONG before i knew i had SA. Only thing was my counsellor was a humanist and you don't get to choose the discipline you want. I would have prefered CBT.

hi just been diagnosed with avoidant personality disorder and in wales. originally had diagnosis of sa from my psychiatrist

had cbt and now on course of psychoanalytical therapy
 

chris420

Well-known member
millyjones said:
DannieCleo said:
Has anybody from the UK actually been to their GP and said they have (or suspect they have) S.A.D?

Or did you just list a bunch of things and had S.A.D diagnosed?

If so, how seriously do you think it was taken?

what kind of treatment was offered?

I ask about UK specifically, because i think the US are further ahead in terms of health care proffessionals acknowledging this thing and taking it seriously.

Not sure my GP would have heard of it, much less take it seriously.

I have had counselling on the NHS before, but it was for depression and LONG before i knew i had SA. Only thing was my counsellor was a humanist and you don't get to choose the discipline you want. I would have prefered CBT.

hi just been diagnosed with avoidant personality disorder and in wales. originally had diagnosis of sa from my psychiatrist

had cbt and now on course of psychoanalytical therapy

Wow, congrats on that. All the NHS has ever done for me is try to fob me off with medications. Apparently I was too old for child therapy, and too young for adult services, lol.
 
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