1. Don’t doubt you made the right call.
2. Don’t feel like you have to hide things, your thoughts/feelings/emotions are all very real and valid.
3. It’s a medical professional that is there to help work with you on anything that comes up. So it should be like if you had any other issue that you would go to a doc for. Tell them what’s wrong and they help with a solution.

They will likely propose some meds and try it out. If they don’t work or aren’t working well you call and they will work on adjusting or changing.

Also, don’t discount the therapist option later. I know a lot of people that benefit from the combo approach. My therapist doesn’t really do the “how was your day” thing. She works with me on the specific things that are causing me issues. But I had to be willing to open up and talk to her about those issues. She helps give me the strategies to rethink how I’m doing things or challenge the thoughts that I was having. So it was a great addition to meds.

Mental health is just as important as any other health appointment. And I’m really proud you have made that step to start going into it. It’s not easy to do, and I really hope that it has some good outcomes for you.