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GP “referral”

KeyLuke
over 5 years ago

Hi, sorry if this has been posted elsewhere but based on reading on this website and the NHS as well as speaking to friends and family about me as a person, I think I have a form of ASD.

I went to my GP about this who referred me to my local mental health (IAPT) service to treat me for anxiety with my routine. I’ve been to a couple of sessions with these and explained I get anxious and panic when I can’t follow my routine or it gets moved around (if I can’t get to work/park in the same place)...to which the therapist said today that “having a routine so ridged doesn’t help your anxiety so we need to work on that”... honestly I’m at a bit of a loss as to what to do...do I go back to my GP?

Any thoughts welcome 

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  • over 5 years ago

    I was referred to IAPT too. 

    After a couple of sessions the lady (wellbeing practitioner) referred me to group therapy because we couldn’t understand each other at all (she kept suggesting what my feelings and thoughts were and I kept telling her that it wasn’t what I felt/thought). 

    After group therapy finished I asked facilitator what next and he referred me back to one to one sessions. 

    After few of those sessions it was suggested that I should try different talking therapy (counselling instead of CBT) and I was given list of local mental charities to contact. 

    So I started counselling and the lady suggested to go back to GP. I went and even through I asked to be assessed for ASD I was referred beck to IAPT. 

    I went there (for my first session) really angry and told them it wasn’t what I asked for. So they agreed that I shouldn’t been referred to them and they wrote a referral for ASD assessment (I guess through my GP) 

    And after then all I got to do was wait for 2 years without any further support.

    So yes, I would suggest going back to your GP.

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  • over 5 years ago

    I was referred to IAPT too. 

    After a couple of sessions the lady (wellbeing practitioner) referred me to group therapy because we couldn’t understand each other at all (she kept suggesting what my feelings and thoughts were and I kept telling her that it wasn’t what I felt/thought). 

    After group therapy finished I asked facilitator what next and he referred me back to one to one sessions. 

    After few of those sessions it was suggested that I should try different talking therapy (counselling instead of CBT) and I was given list of local mental charities to contact. 

    So I started counselling and the lady suggested to go back to GP. I went and even through I asked to be assessed for ASD I was referred beck to IAPT. 

    I went there (for my first session) really angry and told them it wasn’t what I asked for. So they agreed that I shouldn’t been referred to them and they wrote a referral for ASD assessment (I guess through my GP) 

    And after then all I got to do was wait for 2 years without any further support.

    So yes, I would suggest going back to your GP.

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