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Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Canada
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Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Canada
Posts: 108
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I had alot of anxiety too -fear of forgetting to tell the docs something important so I started making lists early of what I needed to talk about. The day before my appt I would go over my list and make it more efficient - point form - easy to read.
Also think about whats happening on the way to the appt and in the waiting room - is it a long drive, is the waiting room noisy? Is the doctor often running behind so you have a long wait? And what is the doctor telling you? I was very fearful that my symptoms were not going to improve because they took so very long to actually start to improve and I felt totally overwhelmed when I was told that I would have to see yet another specialist. Or do yet another therapy when I hardly had the energy to eat or bathe.
If you can, find a way to make yourself feel better - listen to music, tell the receptionist you need a quiet place to sit and compose yourself before your appt - I walk the hallway at my occupational therapists office - just cannot sit in there- and they come out and get me. see what works for you.
Good luck!
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