Treatment Records

Hello, for the second time today. Fourth day on Lexapro. I'm thinking that yesterday's tiredness was a fluke - I wasn't particularly tired today, especially as the day progressed. No new side effects, at least nothing that I can notice, which is good. I don't know if it's the drug or just the natural ebb and flow of my depression, but I was in a rather good mood today. That may be due at least in part to lively conversation with people I'm fond of, since social interaction isn't something that happens every day for me. What can I say, I'm a bit of a lonely hermit that spends all of their free time working. As with yesterday and the day before and the day before that, nothing of note really happened today. It's raining right now, and hard. I enjoy the sound. Until tomorrow. 28 Feb 2017

Hi again. I know that this is going up on the 28th, and no, I didn't forget to post yesterday. Day 03 on Lexapro. My psychiatrist wasn't kidding when she said that it causes tiredness - I was completely wiped out by about 5, 6pm yesterday, slept from about 7 to 10, took the day's pill, then slept solidly from perhaps 11pm to 7:30am. On top of all that sleep, I woke up still feeling a bit tired, and am yawning as I compose this post. Hopefully this is something temporary, while my brain gets used to the presence of the escitalopram. On the bright side, though, I'm no longer nauseated after taking a pill, which is good. Nothing much of note happened yesterday, really - my weekly lab meeting was lively and productive, even though I still feel pretty useless in lab right now, had a brief chat with a friend (only worth mentioning because I get very few opportunities to socialize). Assuming that tiredness doesn't hit me like a truck around 5pm today again, I'l...

Hello again. Really got to work on coming up with titles. Anyway, this is day 02 on Lexapro. I'm starting to notice more side effects, though still mild - I woke up today around sunrise, which was about 6:30am today, and was unable to go back to sleep. That means that I only got maybe six hours of shut-eye, which isn't nearly enough for me to be a fully functioning human on. Hopefully, today was a fluke and not related to the drug, because I don't think that I'd be able to tolerate insufficient sleep for an indefinite period of time. The nausea I mentioned yesterday is pretty much gone, though Lexapro on an empty stomach makes me feel weird for a little while after I take it. Still no changes in mood. Nothing really of note happened today. Guess there's always tomorrow. 26 Feb 2017

I'm not sure what to title these posts, so it'll just be the date for now. Naming things isn't my forte. Today was the first full day on Lexapro, and I've only noticed very mild side effects. I started feeling tired far earlier than I normally do, even though I slept longer than usual. There was also some nausea - just enough to make me question each and every bite of food, which is probably a good thing, because I have a terrible habit of overeating. Thus far, I haven't noticed any change in my mood, though that's to be expected given that 1) the medication needs two to three weeks to begin working, and 2) I started treatment in overall good spirits. There really isn't much else to record; I didn't do much besides read today. Perhaps something interesting will happen tomorrow. 25 Feb 2017

Hello. I'm not sure who, if anyone, might be reading this, or how you may have stumbled across this little corner of the internet, but hello there.  Seeing as this is my first post, I figure that it would be a good idea to outline my motivations and intentions for this blog, the purpose it will serve and the role it plays.  I won't bore you with some sob story about how I've been depressed for seven years (which is true) and how I need a space at times to express the thoughts and feelings I feel that I can't tell any of the people close to me (which is also true), because neither of those things get to the core of my desire to write.  Today is my first day of treatment with antidepressants, and I want a platform to record my thoughts and feelings, as a concrete means of monitoring my own progress, or lack thereof. If someone reads this and it helps them, that's great; if no one reads this and I end up merely whispering into the void, that's great too.  M...