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Depression and Medications
The mood upheavals continue... but now there's hope of it evening out. It turns out there are three different formulations for the antidepressant I'm on, color coded in orange, blue, and green packets. Given that I've been living for forever on samples, I'd noted the differences in packaging and waded through the detail sheets to figure out which was which... one is the 'standard', and the other two are variants for patients on specifically listed medicines. I'm not on any of them and the medicating psychiatrist I'd asked told me that it made no difference so long as I wasn't on any of the specified medications, so I shrugged it off.

Well, two things, here. That doc? She's not at Omni anymore; she was let go for apparent incompetency (which I just discovered end of last week). Her answer to my query? Wrong. Very very wrong. While Fentanyl (the transdermal patch I wear for pain management) isn't listed on the detail sheet, it interacts with the antidepressant in a manner similar to one of the listed drugs. Bottom line? When no-longer-employed Doctor Dipshit gave me the handful of sample packs, she gave me the orange packs instead of the green ones.... and since then the antidepressant tablets might as well have been sugar pills. I'm back to the green packages, and will be totally neurotic about it now... two weeks and I might even hit 'stable' again. Doctor K got me straightened out, so hopefully things will slide back to normal.

Loneliness and Paranoia
Yes, it's been a rocky couple of months for me, as several of my normal companions are aware. While neither issue is going to go completely away, I'm guessing that the sudden surge is also due to medication weirdness. I know I'm loved, it's simply very difficult to remember that at 2 am when I'm in this room all alone... and start mulling over just how far from me the folks I hold dear are. The handful of folk who've been dealing with me should all be canonized for their patience and concern... and I -am- trying to lock it down. Maybe as my brain stops doing warp 9 in neutral I'll have better luck. Thank you. *hugs*

And that's me, such as it is. I'm busily investigating Sona; I can't afford it, but on surface scratching it's about half the cost of other laser hair removal outfits, and about a fifth of the cost (-and- time investment) of conventional electrolysis. So, that's something.

In the meantime, I need to go to the bank. Off with me, then.

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you're not alone there hun... I know the 2am feeling all too well... hope things improve for you soon

*hugs*

*hugs n' snugs*

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*hugs gently*

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You know, dear, I'm *always* on Skype at 2AM. If you need someone to *talk* to, I'm free.

Laser works, it takes about 3-4 days for me to show at all. Even then you have to look.

But check other laser clinics too, With a little work I found cheaper and Sonas business practices are questionable. I did them at first, they were nice till I wanted to come back for the "cheap" touchup work, THEN they went asshole on me bigtime..........

Sona also underran the laser to make me get more appointments.