When it may be time to ask for support
Worry can be part of everyday life. When it is difficult to control, disrupts sleep, or starts affecting work and relationships, a conversation with a health care provider can help clarify what is happening. You do not need to arrive with a diagnosis. Symptoms can have more than one explanation, and an evaluation is a chance to look at the whole picture.
Make your first conversation more useful
Try writing three short notes for yourself before your visit. Keep them on your own device or on paper; there is no need to send symptoms through a marketing form.
What is hardest right now? Use one recent example, such as avoiding a meeting or lying awake before work.
What has changed? Note roughly when it began, what your sleep has been like, and whether anything makes it better or worse.
What would progress look like? Choose a practical goal, such as being able to attend work or spend time with family more comfortably.
Questions you can bring
A useful plan should make sense to you. Consider asking: What else could explain these symptoms? What are my treatment options? If medication is considered, what benefits, side effects and follow-up should we discuss? If therapy would help, how can I connect with an appropriate therapist?
Your next step at Her Mind & Wellness
Elizabeth Ghadimi, PMHNP-BC, provides adult psychiatric evaluation and medication management when appropriate. Visits are available in person at the El Paso office and through telehealth when you are physically in Texas. An evaluation does not guarantee a prescription.
Self-pay care is $175 for an initial 60-minute visit and $95 for a 30-minute follow-up. Insurance care goes directly to Elizabeth's Headway profile, where coverage and costs are confirmed. If you are deciding whether the practice is a fit, a free 15-minute introductory consultation is an option. It is not a diagnostic evaluation or a prescribing visit.