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Autistic girl community 21h
going to a new psychiatrist soon…lowk scared, if any fellow mentally ill autistic girls have advice pls lmk
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Anonymous 13h

If it’s similar to my psychiatrist, it’s pretty quick and simple. They’ll ask you a couple questions and have you do a quick anxiety/depression test, to see how you’ve been doing in the past two weeks. Doesn’t last more than 30min usually. If you have a therapist, they can send more info about you to them, but the psychiatrist will also ask about how things are going for you. A good psychiatrist will listen and offer suggestions, without dismissing you!

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 13h

When it comes to meds, it may take time to find the right ones. So you might spend some weeks/months testing a smaller dosage, and adjusting if needed. So if it doesn’t work, they’ll try a different med or increase your dosage

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 8h

yeah, i’m already diagnosed bipolar 1 and GAD, so it’s mostly for med stuff, but I’m more nervous about them misinterpreting me i guess, if that makes sense i appreciate the reassurance tho thank you :)))

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