It was super informative and awesome. The great thing was that my psych, who is a specialist was also there, and that meant she was able to put in her letter to my doc that I had proven I had a very sound understanding of hormones and their effects after having sat in on a discussion about them.
If you have a local group, you should ask them to check out those kind of options. It really helped to eliminate some of those fears that you pick up by reading too many horror stories, as I mentioned before, and it's great to have that chance to ask all of the important questions, without having to pay to see someone.