I've been through a few counselors/therapists myself. I have found that if the person has a prescription pad, I'm gonna get meds. I went to one doc, the first time we talked, I walked out with 3 prescriptions. -_- I tried them. One of them was a $80 sleeping pill. One was Xanax, and I forget the other. The Xanax GAVE me an anxiety attack. The sleeping pill kept me awake, and I was just miserable. I went back a second time, just for the xanax to be dropped and Wellbutrin XL to be added in its place. This just made me sad.

The best counselors that I've had were just that, counselors. My first counselor was a psych student!! He was awesome. I forget his name now, but when I needed a counselor a year later, he had moved on.

The other was a counselor that just listened to me and gave advice, and just let me get things off my chest. I always left his office being at peace with myself.

I've moved and I can't see either of the counselors that I was seeing and it's looking like I need to start seeing one again. The thing with me is that I have Anxiety, and these doc's want to call it depression and treat it. I've had soo many adverse reactions to psychotropic drugs that I don't need, and when I told my family practice doctor what I had taken and what reactions I was having, they though GAD (generalized anxiety disorder) and prescribed me Ativan. PERFECT! I know that this is supposed to be a "band-aid" drug, but it is the thing that takes care of my anxiety. Yes, it's a drug, yes I know that a certain level of experimentation needs to happen to find the right drugs, but I only needed the Ativan when I wasn't in counseling. With counseling, I didn't need anything but my once a week visit. :3

(**wonders if he has lost the point of his post**)