Transcript of conference held at Jan 28, 2026 in room first_test@conference.miaiconvo.com Initial people present at 7:35:50 PM: Zayneb Hussein Mallory Megan Transcript, started at 7:35:50 PM: ________________________________________________________________________________ <7:35:50 PM> Megan joined the conference <7:35:50 PM> Mallory joined the conference <7:35:50 PM> Zayneb Hussein joined the conference <7:35:50 PM> Zayneb Hussein: hi I'm Megan how are you doing since our last appointment <7:35:54 PM> Megan: hi I'm doing pretty good I think I think I'm okay <7:35:56 PM> Zayneb Hussein: okay um I know life has been kind of crazy just look in for the <7:36:00 PM> Megan: oh yeah I I made the appointment and they scheduled it I just ended up not going <7:36:07 PM> Zayneb Hussein: therapy in the psychiatric referral I see that you weren't able to make is everything okay <7:36:13 PM> Zayneb Hussein: mm-hmm is there a reason is there anything that is there a reason <7:36:21 PM> Megan: because <7:36:23 PM> Megan: um I don't know I guess I just thought maybe I didn't need it <7:36:25 PM> Zayneb Hussein: mm-hmm um <7:36:29 PM> Megan: at our last <7:36:29 PM> Megan: oh no because I I know we had to increase it at the last <7:36:31 PM> Zayneb Hussein: do you feel like that's because you're doing well on the medication or <7:36:35 PM> Zayneb Hussein: mm-hmm <7:36:40 PM> Megan: appointment I don't know I guess I've just been stressed by a lot of things and I don't know if it would have helped to talk about everything I kind of didn't want to sit down and have to talk to someone about everything that was going on kind of wanted just give the medication some time to work even though I know it didn't work before <7:36:56 PM> Zayneb Hussein: okay have you ever talked to anyone about all the life stressors that's happening right now <7:36:58 PM> Megan: I mean I've talked to um occasionally like friends and family not in like formal setting but just in passing <7:37:10 PM> Zayneb Hussein: okay um would you be opposed to doing both letting the medication work and talking to <7:37:11 PM> Megan: no I wouldn't be opposed to it I think it was just hard for me to go at that time because there's just a lot going on with my roommate moving out and I've been stressed about work stuff so just in the moment it just felt very overwhelming <7:37:17 PM> Zayneb Hussein: um a psychiatrist <7:37:20 PM> Zayneb Hussein: he <7:37:29 PM> Zayneb Hussein: okay are you do you have any <7:37:34 PM> Megan: um <7:37:37 PM> Zayneb Hussein: he worries with going to them like is there anything in the back of your mind that's just kind of like <7:37:43 PM> Zayneb Hussein: a little push away from it <7:37:48 PM> Megan: well I think maybe it's just going to bring up I don't know if it's helpful to talk about everything that's going on you know sometimes I think maybe it's easier to just kind of ignore it not address it and try to move on so I think maybe just knowing that they're going to make me talk about things <7:37:55 PM> Zayneb Hussein: mm-hmm well of course um <7:37:55 PM> Zayneb Hussein: the <7:38:03 PM> Megan: yeah yeah I think that's kind of what I was thinking <7:38:05 PM> Zayneb Hussein: main goal is to kind of just open up but you can talk to them at your own pace and you can tell them kind of what you want to tell them not everything is they're not going to force it out of you but I understand those struggles you sometimes just feel like sometimes bringing it to the front my <7:38:23 PM> Zayneb Hussein: I <7:38:24 PM> Zayneb Hussein: cause you to be to face it earlier than you anticipated <7:38:30 PM> Zayneb Hussein: okay um have you noticed any improvement with the medication <7:38:37 PM> Megan: a little bit not really to be honest but a little bit <7:38:44 PM> Zayneb Hussein: have you I guess right now on a scale of one to ten what is how motivated are you to go speak to the <7:38:44 PM> Megan: oh right now probably a two or three it's not it's not my highest thing that I want to do <7:38:54 PM> Zayneb Hussein: psychiatrist <7:38:56 PM> Zayneb Hussein: okay <7:39:01 PM> Zayneb Hussein: oh okay <7:39:05 PM> Megan: now I think that's it <7:39:05 PM> Zayneb Hussein: are there any other reasons that might kind of push you away from it besides the <7:39:10 PM> Zayneb Hussein: talking about stuff that you just feel like it might is aren't that might <7:39:15 PM> Zayneb Hussein: make things worse is there any other reason <7:39:18 PM> Zayneb Hussein: mmm is there anything that we can do on our end to kind of increase that maybe to a four or five <7:39:21 PM> Megan: no I don't think so but it was helpful hearing you say that they're not going to make me talk about things I don't want to I think that was kind of reassuring because my fear is that I was gonna go and they were just gonna kind of open the gates and everything was going to come all out at once so that was really helpful <7:39:27 PM> Zayneb Hussein: is there anything that's stopping it from going to four or five <7:39:47 PM> Zayneb Hussein: mmm <7:39:48 PM> Zayneb Hussein: okay um <7:39:49 PM> Megan: yeah I think so because now that she's gone I have to figure out a way to cover the rent by myself and or get someone else to move in but that's not going to happen right away and work has been stressful so that's all just making things worse so it just feels like it's stress after stress after stress and everything all happening at once <7:39:52 PM> Zayneb Hussein: in terms of I know you said your roommate moved out do you feel like that played a role and just everything that's happening <7:40:04 PM> Zayneb Hussein: he <7:40:18 PM> Zayneb Hussein: yeah do you feel like maybe also Financial issues might play a role into the booking of the appointment or going to the appointment <7:40:19 PM> Megan: yeah I think so now that you mention it because part of me knows that it's might not be 100% covered so if I do go I don't want to end up being stuck with a bill and find that I'm stuck with a bill for something that I didn't want to do at first because they just made well things they didn't want to so I think yeah that might be part of it too <7:40:42 PM> Zayneb Hussein: yeah <7:40:44 PM> Zayneb Hussein: yeah um I think also <7:40:49 PM> Zayneb Hussein: I think we can kind of work around that and kind of see find doctors that are open to your insurance so hopefully that like if that is like financially covered it might like motivate you or might push you up to that four or five to go talk to them and then something else that like they can do is also they can kind of try different medications or see if there's different medications that might work better for you I know you said that this one isn't having as much improvement as you thought <7:41:19 PM> Zayneb Hussein: uh are you <7:41:23 PM> Zayneb Hussein: feeling like it's having any Implement at all since we increase the dose <7:41:27 PM> Megan: yeah because I I don't have any thoughts of hurting myself or hurting others and I know that that was something I dealt with in the past so I think it worked in that way but I'm still just a little bit depressed and you know finding it hard to enjoy things that I used to <7:41:39 PM> Zayneb Hussein: mm-hmm and and I said you you don't have those thoughts but just want to reiterate so you don't have any thoughts of harming yourself <7:41:43 PM> Megan: yes correct no thoughts <7:41:52 PM> Zayneb Hussein: you have any thoughts of harming others <7:41:54 PM> Megan: yeah <7:41:55 PM> Zayneb Hussein: okay so do you just find yourself unmotivated to do your daily tasks <7:41:56 PM> Megan: yeah pretty much I just don't want to get out of bed in the morning and the things that I used to enjoy like my hobbies like going outside or watching movies or reading those kinds of things I just don't have energy to do that anymore <7:42:13 PM> Zayneb Hussein: okay is there anything that we can do to make the experience of going to talk to them more comfortable for you <7:42:15 PM> Megan: um I liked the idea of maybe checking with the insurance companies to see if it's going to cover the specific psychiatrist or therapist so that way it can kind of take that off my mind and I don't have to worry about ending up with a huge bill <7:42:22 PM> Zayneb Hussein: mm-hmm that makes sense we can definitely look into that and then just always wanting to make sure that like your your worries of not wanting to fully talk about stuff you're not worried about addressing those letting you know that it's at your own pace hopefully is there anything that we can do to actually just make that <7:42:35 PM> Megan: no I don't think so this was helpful it was nice hearing your thoughts and your perspective <7:42:56 PM> Zayneb Hussein: motivation to go a five or six out of time <7:43:04 PM> Zayneb Hussein: mm-hmm <7:43:05 PM> Megan: here <7:43:06 PM> Zayneb Hussein: it's good if you have any questions just let us know 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