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I'm back on Effexor, starting today. I remember why I stopped taking that shit - 90 capsules cost me $319. Yikes! Unfortunately, all antidepressants are expensive, and it's not really an option to not be on something at the moment. I'm going to look into insurance to get me through the rest of the school year and the summer.
I'm not a fan of medication, really. I was hoping to find some med-free way to live my life. I realize that's all very hippie of me, and maybe still possible, but I've struggled with these problems my whole life. I had it under control, last year, only because school was my single focus. When I dropped work out of the equation, my struggles became manageable. This year, school was great until Mom died, and then I had two focuses. And then Alan had problems, and I had to be there for him... the point is, very seldom will my life be limited to one big thing at a time, and every time I have more than one important thing to focus on, I break down - all my anxiety, depression, etc starts affecting my performance in all areas. I always have these symptoms, and always will, I've just learned to cope in ideal situations. The medication will help me cope in realistic situations.
I got the prescription, yesterday, and have yet to take the first dose. I take it in the morning to prevent insomnia (hooray for medication that causes drowsiness AND insomnia!), but haven't had breakfast, yet, and must take it with food. I intend to keep a daily journal to keep track of how I'm feeling... I'll keep you all updated.
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Also, I'm finally using my webspace for more than just The Learning Curve (which needs an update). I now have a gallery set up to post all my photos to: A. Fox Photography. Thanks to LittleFierceOne for setting all this stuff up for me!!
I posted a bunch of pictures up there, most of them recent, and I'm still organizing everything, but it's all set up. Let me know if you like the layout, or if some things should change - I picked a theme that I thought had most things I wanted, but I want it to be easy to navigate for you guys.
Here's a lovely fall image (both to show off and to test hotlinking):
I'm back on Effexor, starting today. I remember why I stopped taking that shit - 90 capsules cost me $319. Yikes! Unfortunately, all antidepressants are expensive, and it's not really an option to not be on something at the moment. I'm going to look into insurance to get me through the rest of the school year and the summer.
I'm not a fan of medication, really. I was hoping to find some med-free way to live my life. I realize that's all very hippie of me, and maybe still possible, but I've struggled with these problems my whole life. I had it under control, last year, only because school was my single focus. When I dropped work out of the equation, my struggles became manageable. This year, school was great until Mom died, and then I had two focuses. And then Alan had problems, and I had to be there for him... the point is, very seldom will my life be limited to one big thing at a time, and every time I have more than one important thing to focus on, I break down - all my anxiety, depression, etc starts affecting my performance in all areas. I always have these symptoms, and always will, I've just learned to cope in ideal situations. The medication will help me cope in realistic situations.
I got the prescription, yesterday, and have yet to take the first dose. I take it in the morning to prevent insomnia (hooray for medication that causes drowsiness AND insomnia!), but haven't had breakfast, yet, and must take it with food. I intend to keep a daily journal to keep track of how I'm feeling... I'll keep you all updated.
-----FUN STUFF-----
Also, I'm finally using my webspace for more than just The Learning Curve (which needs an update). I now have a gallery set up to post all my photos to: A. Fox Photography. Thanks to LittleFierceOne for setting all this stuff up for me!!
I posted a bunch of pictures up there, most of them recent, and I'm still organizing everything, but it's all set up. Let me know if you like the layout, or if some things should change - I picked a theme that I thought had most things I wanted, but I want it to be easy to navigate for you guys.
Here's a lovely fall image (both to show off and to test hotlinking):
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Oh, the adoption papers for Lucas went throught today, so he's officially ours, yay!
(copied and pasted from Sadista's journal because it sucks to type left handed, ha)
No, I didn't go to the Dr, they acted like they'd never heard of workers comp before And I don't have the money to go myself, and I need my job too bad to make a fuss so....
But I'm going to get a (free) tetnas, can't spell, haha, shot tomorrow. And I don't think it needed stitches or anything. I've just kept it cleaned out and bandaged really well. It's looks fine, just really, really sore.