u/gongshowed

And how hard is it to see them / get accepted? I have the money, just not sure if they would accept me even if they had the availability. Just a layperson not analyst in training.

I’m interested in a specific tradition and want to reach out to the well-known scholars who have private practices.

I’m wondering if I’m barking up the wrong tree, or wasting my time trying? Is there a benefit? Would I be lucky to see them?

I’ve been in psychoanalytic / dynamic therapy three times to two times a week for a year and a half. I’ve done the general modality (dynamic) since 2020 and either have declined if it’s aggressive / TFP, or seen no changes.

The one I’m in currently is not aggressive but it’s just like talking to a friend twice a week. It’s expensive twice a week.

I’ve recently accepted my past level 1 autism diagnosis, which I avoided for many years due to coming across stigma, and am thinking I need modifications, and more skills-based therapy.

I have been experiencing regression for the past year and a half due to past substance abuse causing SUD mania. The SUD resolved, but I lost many skills I worked very hard to acquire during this time and it hasn’t come back.

My struggles include:
- lack can’t clean house
- can’t shower must take bath instead
- struggle to take off shoes when getting inside house
- getting “stuck” in my car / unable to exit when parked
- can’t do schoolwork (new / regression), never been able to work
- some social context / understanding issues
- boundary issues like giving away my belongings or money to people on Facebook, or trying to let stranger live in house for free because they asked
- drinking problem (came at time of regression)
- reliance on low dose illicit Dexedrine but it’s not helping, but can’t get myself to stop
- inability to follow helpful routines (new from regression)
- drove car without oil in it until it broke because could not change the oil
- can’t grocery shop for self
- hardly can even take out trash, family often comes and does it
- past childhood trauma but unsure how it process it in therapy

I’m not sure what psychoanalytic / dynamic therapy can do for me here, especially the one I’m in which is so hands off. Does anyone have their two cents? I scheduled something with an autism specialist on Monday but I feel pretty bad about the idea of terminating with my current therapist as I like him and nothing’s “wrong” - just not seeing any difference.

I’ve been in psychoanalytic therapy for a year and a half. I’ve done the general modality since 2020 and either have declined if it’s aggressive, or seen no changes.

This one is not aggressive but it’s just like talking to a friend twice a week.

I’ve recently accepted my past level 1 autism diagnosis and am thinking I need modified therapy, and more skills-based therapy.

I have been experiencing regression for the past year and a half due to past substance abuse. I lost many skills I worked very hard to acquire.

My struggles include:
- can’t clean house
- can’t shower must take bath instead
- struggle to take off shoes when getting inside house
- getting “stuck” in my car / unable to exit when parked
- can’t do schoolwork (new / regression), never been able to work
- some social context / understanding issues
- boundary issues like giving away my belongings or money to people on Facebook, or trying to let stranger live in house for free because they asked
- drinking problem (came at time of regression)
- reliance on illicit Dexedrine but it’s not helping, but can’t get myself to stop
- inability to follow helpful routines (new from regression)
- drove car without oil in it until it broke because could not change the oil
- can’t grocery shop for self
- hardly can even take out trash
- past childhood trauma but unsure how it process it in therapy

I’m not sure what psychoanalytic / dynamic therapy can do for me here, especially the one I’m in which is so hands off. Does anyone have their two cents? I scheduled something with an autism specialist on Monday but I feel pretty bad about the idea of terminating with my current therapist as I like him and nothing’s “wrong” - just not seeing any difference.

It was actually due to excessive ADHD medication / abuse.

These people saw someone taking 200mg of combined Vyvanse and Dexedrine, and thought - “it’s not the stimulants it’s a disorder itself!”

I also have autism that has been consistently misdiagnosed for years.

How egregious. I was medicated and everything.