Hey Vanessa.

I recently started therapy (2 weeks ago). I really didnt want to go because I felt I could handle it on my own. But its important to make sure that the person you go to is nice, easy to talk to, and knowlegable. And make sure you have a say so in who you talk to. I am highly considering getting a different therapist. She was nice, but she looked a little intimidating and just wasnt quite easy for me to talk to. And her specialty is eating disorders (why I have her, I dunno) and you can kinda tell when she talks but she had never heard about rsd and didnt mention pain management. She thought I might be depressed when that was just a bad week with rsd for me and because it was like 8 or 9 in the morning and I'm not a morning person (mom was like 0.o with depression).

But she really isn't helping me with the rsd. She is only talking about issues I'm over now and are learned to accept and just move on when my parents divorced 2 years ago and I am just tired of talking about that because I'm over that and it really shook me up initially when it happened. But I don't think she mentioned rsd more than once or twice. But what really made me a little upset was that my parents secretly talked and scheduled me to see her and then I didnt have a say so in who I talked to. But it is important to have someone that understands and can help. Hope you find a good therapist.

Nikki