Finally getting somewhere with the new treatment offered by my GP. I have a telephone consultation with a Cognitive Behaviour Therapist next week. From the look of the information they sent me it is to go through a questionnaire to make sure I am not about to hurt myself or someone else and to see whether they will be able to help me and I suppose assign me a therapist?
They have sent me the questions in advance and to be honest they don't really apply to me. For example they ask if my condition stops me from living a normal life and socialising and lists eating food and going out for meals as an example of "normal". Well considering my condition is a problem with food, yes it does affect it but the follow up questions they ask is, is it because I have problems with interacting with people, feeling depressed etc. Thats not the reason my condition affects what I eat, its because my condition IS that I have a problem with food!!! Grrr!
I know they are only standard questions and they need some way of assessing new cases, but why couldn't they just have a face to face appointment and talk to me! That way they would find out about my "condition". Also some of the questions do affect me but not because of my eating. For example one of the questions is do you have problems sleeping or sleep at different times of the day? Well yes, but that is not because of my condition. Its to do with other issues such as stress with work, bad habits and being an owl instead of a lark. Silly questions!
I just hope these silly questions don't prevent me from getting help. I really want to see if CBT can help me break my problems with food.
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