If medication is helping you, but you still have some symptoms, you may be provided one of the psychological treatments (CBT or applied relaxation) along with the medication.
If none of the treatment options has helped you manage GAD, the health-care professional may arrange an appointment with a specialist.
A referral for specialist care may be provided, if;
- Your symptoms are persistent and severe that they make daily routines very difficult to perform and,
- The treatments have not helped or,
- You have another psychological illness or a severe physical illness or,
- You are having suicidal ideas or harming yourself or,
- You have an alcohol or drug problem.
Your specialist should ask questions and about clinical history of your condition. They will ask about your domestic life, whether you have any family and social support, whether you can look after yourself properly and whether you might harm yourself.
Your specialist will arrange a management plan, which you can agree with. You may be provided a treatment option you have not received before. This might be medications, applied relaxation, or CBT. You may be provided a combination of a medication with a psychological treatment, or a combination of two different drugs. They should discuss advantages and disadvantages of the combination with you before you agree to the particular management.
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