overcome.

Oh, it's okay. No problem. I hope we can chat again soon, too.

Hey Rikkeh!

(Part II)
I trust her and her judgment, but everyone reacts to medication differently. And since I've basically already made up my mind about this one, I doubt I'll be able to get past the initial side effects of it to let it help me...if it even would.

I'm glad that your therapy session went well. Good luck on your exposure experiment. I know how hard that is. Like you said, though, it's better in the long run. If you don't mind me asking THIS question either, what are you being exposed to that you're afraid of? I understand if you'd rather not share. I'm just curious. My main fears are of diseases and dying and crap. The fun stuff! Sorry this is so long.

(Part I)
If you don't mind me asking, what is the new medication you will be starting? I told my mom yesterday that I'm not going to continue with this medication. It might make me the biggest wuss ever, but I am already, so what's the difference? Haha. I would like to try something that's more well-known and modern, I think. The medication I'm supposed to be taking, first came out in the freaking 60's. I've been to multiple websites about the med, and almost everyone has a bad review of it. Personal testimonals I've read were negative. Some said "oh, it helped with my obsessing, but I couldn't handle the severe side effects". Others would say things like "it didn't help my obsessing at all, the side effects were horrible. It's not a good drug for me." I'd rather find one that has better reviews. I'm going to print out these pages, if I can, and show them to my psychiatrist so she can at least see where I'm coming from, even if she disagrees.

Oh, okay. Haha. Well, thank you.

My session went okay, I guess. But I've been experiencing "symptoms" ever since I took the damn pill. I'm sure a lot of it is psychosomatic, but still. It feels real. I tried taking this specific medication a couple of years ago, and the same thing happened. I took it, had anxiety, felt sick, blah blah. I'm going to tell my psychiatrist that I'd like to try something else. I think I've developed a mental block against this medication.

What kind of side effects have you experienced? And how did YOUR therapy session go?

Well, that's good. May I ask what it was specifically that made you laugh?

I haven't been doing much lately. I had an appointment with my therapist this morning, and I took my first Anafranil pill while in session. It's for my OCD, mainly. I'm just thinking up the worst possible things and being scared that I will have some sort of bad reaction to the meds, or get horrible side effects. Yay!

You're welcome. Thanks for the add.

Thank you for the great compliment. That was very nice of you. I can't imagine anything I've said that is actually humorous, but thanks just the same! lol.