"...gabapentin (which I am not really taking--they are supposed to help me kick addiction to Ativan)."
"I think he is pressing my buttons on purpose so that I would work on the problems,..."
I read into the second quote that you are NOT working on the problems...
If you aren't getting what you need from the therapist, then it seems to me that a new therapist is the next step.
Age 67 1/2 Ventral Tongue SCC T2N0M0G1 10/05 Anterior Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 6/08 Base of Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 12/08 Three partial glossectomy (10/05,11/05,6/08), PEG, 37 XRT 66.6 Gy 1/06 Neck dissection, trach, PEG & forearm free flap (6/08) Total glossectomy, trach, PEG & thigh free flap (12/08) On August 21, 2010 at 9:20 am, Pete went off to play with the ratties in the sky.