Hi everyone,



It's been a while. It's been an extremely difficult month for me.



To make a very long story short, I've been saddled with some of the
hardest emetophobia of my life. I've had a chest, then nose, then ear
cold (the WHOLE office) so I had to face yet another phobia of visiting
a doctor's office.


As my emet has been getting scary worse, I finally went to a psychologist who was very nice and understanding but
immediately insisted I go on Zoloft. I do NOT want to do that. I don't
want to "go" on anything. But he said he couldn't treat me until I
visited an MD to evaluate possible drug therapy.



So this morning I made an appointment with a psychiatrist. I am very scared because he is an MD.



For those of you who have been, what should I expect? Is it just like
the psychologist except he's an MD - e.g. will we just talk, etc? Or is
it like going to the doctor's office where I will have to get a
physical exam, or have blood drawn, or wear a gown, etc?



I am really nervous about this and would greatly appreciate any
feedback. I do NOT want to be on drug therapy but my emet has worsened
to the point where I feel some sort of intervention is necessary.



Thanks,

Lewis


Edited by: lewisr