Juan

Hello everyone.

Welcome to another episode of Healing the Inner Child.

Again, I just want to thank everyone who has been listening.

I hope this podcast helps you feel less alone because you are not.

And

I hope you're taking care of yourselves the best you can.

Today I want to talk about my personal experience with antidepressants and therapy.

Before anything, I want to be clear.

I'm not a doctor and I'm not giving medical advice.

This is simply my story and what I've gone through.

The first time I went to therapy was back in 2015.

I went for a few months and my therapist eventually recommended that I see a psychiatrist.

The psychiatrist was so bugged that they scheduled me with one of his nurse practitioners instead.

My anxiety and depression were really severe, so I went along with it.

But honestly, that first visit wasn't good.

The nurse practitioner saw me for less than 10 minutes and basically just said, here, take these.

and handed me sample antidepressants and a prescription.

I remember walking out feeling like, wow, she didn't even listen.

It felt rushed, like I was just another number.

When I went to pick up the prescription, my insurance barely covered it.