Adventures In Mental Health!

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So, realizing that I have limited funds for return head shrinker visits and that I'm probably almost intelligent enough to not give myself an O.D. (or over dose, as the hipsters call it) my Psychiatrist (who is awesome, knowledgeable, slightly cussy [in a reassuring manner]) gave me a bunch of different prescriptions to try on my own. The first was for a higher dosage extended release Ritalin, but there is apparently a nation wide shortage so I wasn't able to get it filled anywhere. I moved on to the second prescription which was Concerta, which is pretty much just an even more extended version of Ritalin. That didn't work very well. Although I felt like it made me a little more productive and quieted me extraneous threads of thought a little, it wasn't to any really significant extent. Also it made me kind of jittery and I got a pretty bad headache on the second day, but I'm not sure if that was because of the medication or because I've only been eating about a meal a day since I started my med trials and my body is like "Shit dude, you're hungry wtf eat something COMPLAIN."  

I'm trying Adderall at the moment. I don't know if it's working very well as I just got distracted from writing this blog post to look aimlessly at some web forum. Seems like my serial-single-tasking, as my head shrinker put it, is still in full swing. Maybe it takes some time to unlearn bad habits even when on meds though. Something to think about anyway.

Dr. Mysterious out!

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Medicine Trials!

So more developments. Will elaborate shortly.

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Undetermined

So it's been about an hour into my first dose and I don't really feel any different. Not sure how different I'm supposed to feel. There's a slight odd feeling but I'm not sure what it is. My thought patterns is still the same I think, don't feel like I could really focus better although I haven't really tried to focus on something intently yet.

Tomorrow I'll be doing a bunch of cleaning so I'll be sure to take a dose before that and see if I'm any more productive or if I just give up after an hour like usual. I feel like I am being better at typing than usual right now though, although while saying I was better at typing I made and had to correct several typos so who knows.  Anyway, I'm still super optimistic that if this isn't working so well we'll find something that does. 

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Meds!

So I think I have found pretty much the best head shrinker ever. More on that later. This is more about nerves. I have meds to try! A relatively low dose of Methylphenidate, a drug which I mistakenly believed was specifically for the hyperactive children version of ADD oh well, you live you learn. Nervous about trying it but am going to anyway. Will report back later.

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Starbucks

So I am sitting in Starbucks drinking a caramel frappaccino. my girlffriend is a little ticked at me I think because I wanted to wait at the starbucks rather than head over to her grandma's house with her to pick up the car we're borrowing. She's at least a little justified as she is borrowing the car as a favor to me. But I still have drunken aggressive Girlfriend's Uncle flashbacks about that house and I am trying to excise them from my mind.

My head shrinker appointment is in an hour and a half and I'm more than a little nervous. The icy caramel thing is helping though.

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Nerves

So after a sort of bumbling attempt of communication I have a psychiatrists appointment for tomorrow.

Pretty nervous he'll end up saying "You have nothing treatable, you're just terrible at being a person. Oh well. That will many hundred dollars."

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Adventures In Mental Health

Hello, my name is Dr. Mysterious.  

I am into self diagnoses through internet quizzes. So far, I have diagnosed myself with depression, bipolar disorder, social anxiety disorder, ADD and many others that I forget from time to time (omg, amnesia!)  

While you are probably saying "Wow what a hypochondriac," to yourself right now and dusting off your jeans jackets and going about your day let me assure you* that I don't think I have all of these problems, I do have some kind of serious problem to do with brain chemistry that I have been putting off doing anything about for way to long. So I thought I would chronicle my journey to (attempted) mental health herein for all of the internets to see.  

I have a feeling this is going to be a super exciting** adventure! If you feel like it join me on my path.    

With love,

Dr. Mysterious***  

* (Whoever you are.) 

** Annoying

*** Real name, honest.

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