Today was my follow up appointment with a different doctor about the results of the blood work he had done. The results where what I thought they would be, they came back normal and so there is nothing like a bug or anything making me ill. She said from what it sounded like that it is possibly that I have that Seasonal Affective Disorder. She told me I could do the treatment to help me feel better and I told her that I would since it could be a possibility of what I feel the way I do. I thought she would have me do the sun lamp first, but instead she has given me medicine to take.
Any guess on what kind of medicine I was given…. Prozac. Well the generic form of it, but it’s still the same stuff. I have never been on anti-depressants and I always been a little weary of them. My mom more so. I guess us Catholics don’t believe that little pills can solve all of life’s problems. My mom wanted me to call and see if they can have me do the sun light, but I don’t think I will. I will see how I react to the pills and if any of the side affects take place. The doctor told me about the prolonged orgasms that some people experience, while the pharmacist told me about the panic attacks and anxiety. So hopefully I am not one of those people who will be even more anxious.
So yeah I am a little nervous about these little blue pills. I never really believe that a pill can make you more friendly, less depressed and so on. I believe more in the natural stuff and fixing your problems with things like more sleep and so on. I guess I shouldn’t be so negative, I just always have heard about the bad things about anti-depressants. I guess they are not always bad, but I just don’t want to be one of those people who has to learn the hard way about how bad they can be.
I start taking them tomorrow so we will see how I deal with them, I have an appointment in two weeks to see how I am dealing with the medicine and the illness. At least I got answers from the doctor rather than the, oh you are fine. Everything checks out as normal.
