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Everything is getting worse

Published Monday, October 21, 2019

My therapist took me out of work for a month and put me in a program that was three times a week. After that I was scheduled to have an appointment with my therapist five weeks later (that was the earliest appointment). I got a call the day before saying my appointment was being cancelled because my therapist was not going to be in. I had an appointment scheduled for four weeks after that (again, that was the earliest appointment). I was called the morning of that appointment and told she again was not going to be in. I am now 10 weeks past my appointments and have not received any calls to reschedule at all. I am pregnant, and I was taking medication for my depression. They obviously thought it was bad enough to take me off work, but now I have nothing. I am in a downward spiral and feel like everything is getting worse.

Amanda
California