I'm off to the most stressful thing I have to do, and it's just a 'wellness check' [View all]
The stress/anxiety partially comes from the fact I have NO idea who I will be seeing. I used to see a great APN who got to know and understand me, so she knew my 'limits'. Then she retired and they assigned me to a young MD. She is nice, but when I went to make a follow up appointment, she was on a leave of absence. SOOO on to the 3rd, who is a DNP. Also nice but also knows nothing about me. She did ask me an insane question: Was there a history of Bi Polar in my family. NO!! I told my therapist about that question and he was shocked. And kind of angry shocked.
So this morning's appointment will be a mystery. It's actually 3 months early for a wellness check so I'm going to ask that this be more of a 'get to know you' type check up. My anxiety and stress red line during medical appointments, and for very legitimate reasons. I have had some first and second hand horrific experiences. When I get home, I absolutely crash for several hours.
Hopefully I'll get who ever it is I'm going to see, to listen. If not, I'm going to have to find another clinic.