Antidepressant tedium

I'm ravenous for green: the Eramosa River this morning


This was another difficult week, but I can see things turning around. The problem wasn't my mood, but medication issues. In fact, last week's problem turns out to have been the same. Celexa was making me groggy, but at 10 mg I didn't notice any drowsiness, just zero motivation. Unsurprisingly, I got depressed. Increasing to 20 mg last Wednesday, I began to feel even more listless and realized it was a side effect.

Tuesday I called the psychiatrist and asked whether I could take it at night instead of the morning. She said yes, so I switched. So far it looks promising.

Ironically, I forgot to refill the other prescription on Wednesday, so evening came and I had Celexa but no mirtazapine. I went to bed at 3:15 am wide awake, tossed for 15 minutes, got up and played computer games until 4:30.

After only four hours' sleep, I set my expectations low early in the day, and consequently didn't get depressed about feeling lazy and unsociable. In fact I actually accomplished a task that's been neglected for weeks: buying a new bathroom door latch at the hardware and installing it.

Last night I took both drugs. Today was better.







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