I understand that at this point I am really only paying for a doctor to write a prescription. Honestly, I find it odd that a treatment for an emotional condition is boiled down to a handful of questions and given a 'score'. I have not been overly impressed with the thoroughness of my treatment, again, even if it is really only paying for someone who has the ability to prescribe. My interactions with my doctor have been brief and scripted. I do not feel like there has been any real depth to anything we've discussed. Today I took a follow up assessment after a month of treatment, and now my score states that I am within normal limits for both depression and anxiety. I do not feel that this is even remotely correct. The questions that are asked seem to heavily focus on your more traditional depression symptoms, like sadness. While sadness is most certainly a key indicator of depression, the underlying mechanics of depression are based on lack, such as lack of happiness, lack of motivation, lack of peace. Sadness is a symptom of depression, not depression itself. The questions I saw today did not seem to account for this at all and appear to be geared towards someone who has little to no understanding of what makes depression tick. I may be severely depressed, but not ever describe myself as being sad or lonely. At the same time, I may suffer from extreme anxiety, but never describe it as worry. I have endured a lifetime of struggle at the hands of both depression and anxiety, and only recently have decided to seek medical treatment. This decision was largely made due to the fact that regardless of how much effort I put into positive tools and relationship, there was an underlying medical issue that CBT would never be able to fully correct. I'll sum this up by saying this. Not everyone that seeks treatment for depression and anxiety is going to fit the cookie-cutter profile that seems to be catered to here. You need to put more effort into questions and care, so that they truly dig into what is happening in your patients lives and mind. I plan to continue treatment for now, but I have written a similar statement to my prescribing doctor in the hopes that they will take my treatment and symptoms more seriously.