Aotearoa / New Zealand

I asked my GP for a referral (you'll have to do your own research on which psychologist to see, who is near to you, etc).

They set an appointment for me, earliest I could get was 3 months away. I had to pay about $900 a week prior, and then had a ~3 hour session to discuss my symptoms with an assistant psychiatrist. Later on that day, I had a 15 minute call with the actual psychologist. 3 days later I picked up my prescription from the chemist.

I knew I would forget everything as soon as I walked in the room, so for the few months I noted down symptoms that I experienced, which made it way easier to cover the important points. Still missed mentioning half of it all though.

I still have music constantly playing in my head and the internal monologue, but feel more outwardly focused. There's less whinging and crying and dragging feet from my brain when I am trying to get things done. But we will see over the next few weeks if this is the right meds for me.