Went to my PCP
He's such an awesome doctor to sit and be able to talk to. I have been seeing him for 7 years now. Anywho, I told him all of my problems and how I couldn't concentrate, my brain has been flipping back and forth, I've had a hard time making decisions....breakdowns, meltdowns, no sleep, too much sleep, blah blah blah. He listened. Then I told him that I knew his wife-she was my Bible Study Facilitator. He was so happy. He said that I'm already past half of my depression. I said that I've been able to admit I have a problem, I've been able to link my depression with this year's issues and I've already laid it all out and put a lot of it in God's hands. He said that sometimes we still need a little bit of a help and reassured me that it was only temporary.
He had me fill out a questionnaire, asking questions about my behavior, feelings, thoughts, symptoms, so on. When he read over it and "graded it", he diagnosed me as being officially: Depressed, with anxiety, and a little bit of OCD. He said that the depression and anxiety come hand in hand. He said my OCD could be why I have a hard time getting other things done. . Has he seen my house?? I thought people with OCD had clean houses???? okay, that's not really funny.
But, he took me off the Lexapro, he said the lexapro was kinda along the same lines as Prozac, and he doesn't consider me to be that serious of a case. He did put me on 50 mg of Zoloft for 15 days. Then he'll up me to 100mg (I already have the rx for that). I go back in 6 weeks. Don't worry, I've already had my Zoloft 50mg filled and start them in the morning.In the meantime, he said I need to start getting into church regularly again, attending Sunday school to be able to fellowship (which the end of my bible study threw me off). He also recommended me getting together with friends who have children like me and maintaining those friendships and keeping them healthy. He said that somebody like me needs friendship and fellowship.
So, that's it. I didn't want to tell Jorge-but did after my mom agreed to give me the money for the appointment. Jorge wasn't thrilled, but, he said if it was what I needed, he'd be there to support me.
He had me fill out a questionnaire, asking questions about my behavior, feelings, thoughts, symptoms, so on. When he read over it and "graded it", he diagnosed me as being officially: Depressed, with anxiety, and a little bit of OCD. He said that the depression and anxiety come hand in hand. He said my OCD could be why I have a hard time getting other things done. . Has he seen my house?? I thought people with OCD had clean houses???? okay, that's not really funny.
But, he took me off the Lexapro, he said the lexapro was kinda along the same lines as Prozac, and he doesn't consider me to be that serious of a case. He did put me on 50 mg of Zoloft for 15 days. Then he'll up me to 100mg (I already have the rx for that). I go back in 6 weeks. Don't worry, I've already had my Zoloft 50mg filled and start them in the morning.In the meantime, he said I need to start getting into church regularly again, attending Sunday school to be able to fellowship (which the end of my bible study threw me off). He also recommended me getting together with friends who have children like me and maintaining those friendships and keeping them healthy. He said that somebody like me needs friendship and fellowship.
So, that's it. I didn't want to tell Jorge-but did after my mom agreed to give me the money for the appointment. Jorge wasn't thrilled, but, he said if it was what I needed, he'd be there to support me.
posted by Tara @ 4:19 PM
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