Posted by wishingstar on September 10, 2006, at 8:36:26
In reply to Re: called a hotline, posted by muffled on September 10, 2006, at 1:17:14
Yes, the appt on the 22nd is with a psychiatrist. I've had a lot of bad experiences with psych drugs not working before so a GP was sort of out.. since I've been through half of them already. That was years ago though.
I also had a medical workup done a few months ago. Thyroid, all that. All clear. The thing they were worried about is that I am on hormonal birth control pills which can mess with your mood, but I was on them long before I got depressed, so I think its okay. And I've been depresed like this before when not on them. This feels just the same.
I really dont know if it's anxiety or not. I've never felt anxious. I just feel so completely helpless and out of control right now. I would appreciate some xanax (or something) to dumb me down.. I've been considering using percocet for that very purpose. (Although I probably wont because thats not a cycle I want to get into). But at this point, I wouldnt even get in to a GP before the 22nd probably.
I could speak to the emergency person on call at the university counseling center tomorrow.. but there are a few possible issues.. the biggest being that there's a high likleihood that I might know the person on call personally (I'm in the field, did an internship at that center, dance with one of the counselors daughters, etc). Second, theyve alreadt turned me away 3 or 4 times from regular services, most recently just a week ago, so I doubt they want to see me back. And last, they dont perscribe meds there anyway, so I dont know if it'd be worth it anyway. I know I'm full of excuses sometimes, so maybe I should just shut up. I dont know. I dont know about anything right now.
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