I did have my first appt with someone to get help with my emet. I had to
fill out a 5 page questionaire for him to review before our first meeting.
After reading this, he came in and began to tell me I had OCD and that
my obsessive emet thoughts and fears were part of this OCD. I began at
age 4 or 5 to do strange ritual things like blinking my eyes for hours,
licking my lips over and over until they were red and raw, clearing my
throat over and over for hours and hours, counting my teeth, and other
strange things- the list goes on- this was on my questionaire sheet. My
parents and I always laughed about these wierd behaviors and now we all
think it was just funny. Back in the seventies you didn't take your kid to a
shrink. Anyway, I never thought much about it, except it was wierd but I
seemed to sort of "outgrow" it and just had my emet for the last 20 years.
The first thing he did was write out a prescription for several drugs he
said I needed to start taking to benefit our therapy and it was necessary.
I did argue a bit, but submitted. I am not afraid of nausea or anything
like that, I just don't want to start filling my body with a bunch of meds, I
really was hoping for counseling, behavior modification therapy and the
such. Not a bunch of pills to pop. He prescribed- Zoloft, Clonazepam,
and Niravam-for extreme circumstances like my daughter v* when I'm
alone with her. I haven't taken them- and I don't want to! I am torn. Do I
really need all this medication to get better? Anyone pls give some
suggestions!