Internet self-diagnosis time!

[chess]

Having just snapped out of 'depression' into 'do-all-the-things-I-must-be-involved-in-everything', again, I kind of wonder whether it would be worth seeking some kind of actual psychological assessment. I quite like 'do-all-the-things-I-must-be-involved-in-everything' but it does have a tendency to make me into a ginormous flake when I suddenly swap back into 'depression' and drop everything on the floor. Also, the depression stage isn't so great.

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[sath.livejournal.com]

CBT works for some ppl, and not for others. I had a psychiatrist for CBT, and it was a total mess. She was really nice and everything, but it really just didn't work for me. One of the things we tried was just keeping a note of the times I got up and went to bed and got up, and trying to change it a bit to get it practical. but it stressed me to hell, no matter how nice she was or how much I wanted to do it.. I had panic attacks having to go see her every week, and the stupid litle form for writing the times down on stressed me so much, I gave up going.
Now I've tried just sorting myself out by doing pretty much the same thing without the paperwork and without the obligation to talk to anyone about it. just setting alarms to tell me when to eat and when to go to bed. And that works so much better for me.

So.. yeah, self diagnosis can be good or bad.. but so can psychiatrists and CBT I think. :S