Once Dr. M agreed to prescribe me antidepressants, and I thought it would be all pretty rainbows and fluffy unicorns immediately. I was also hoping to avoid another panic attack as I did in 2006, so I knew we had to taper on slowly, but I was expecting to feel slightly better relatively quickly.
However, about four weeks later, I felt no different. I knew antidepressants could take up to six weeks to show major changes, but I wasn’t feeling even slightly better. Perhaps I even felt worse, as I had these “happy pills” and I still felt down. Maybe something was just wrong with me – beyond the missing testicle.
I’ve learned to be open with my health and feelings, so at my med check up with NP Sullivan, I basically said, “Hey, I don’t think these are working.” Since I am obviously super medically qualified (read as: not qualified at all), I supported my theorem by saying I was on the same dosage I was in high school, and High School Justin was about fifty pounds lighter and ten years younger (and had a terrible taste in hairstyles and girls, but that’s a different story for another day).
The nurse practitioner actually agreed with me and decided to increase my dosage from 20 mg to 30 milligrams. I wish I could say that this was the end of my frustration, but it wasn’t.
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