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Originally Posted by Dion
Nope. Health care covers the full costs.
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Not a good assumption.
Some do cover it fully, but it varies widely. When I was seeing a pyschologist, I did so over two plans. One only covered $500 a year (pretty ridiculous), while the other covered 90%. That said, the cost was $160, and going every three weeks, it was worth it.
As far as medication goes, I have no great opposition to it, except that I don't think it should ever be used as the sole treatment. Go see a pyschologist in addition to a GP, and make a decision from there. Sometimes, it is just a chemical imbalance for which a pschologist can't help much. Often there is also a mental portion that they can help with, for which medication alone could not hope to solve.
Biggest thing to be aware of is that anti-depressants/anti-anxiety drugs totally F you up for a bit. If clonazepam is anything like the stuff I was on (Paxil), then expect to feel really wierd for about a week, FA, until you adjust. And I mean
wierd. Once your body adapts, that should be fine. And expect to feel it, in varying intensities, as you change medications or dosages, if that becomes required.
In my case though, I found that it wasn't helping enough to justify the use, so I got off. For me, getting a control over my anxiety/depression was focussed around therapy, and after just under two years I finally got thrown back to the wild, as it were. Just over two years after I started now, I'm continuing to do a lot better.
Good luck... starting to address the issues is the hardest part. It gets easier from here.