Since I haven’t talked much about doctor visits (despite the fact that I’ve had at least one a week for weeks and two a week for the past three weeks), I thought that I would give an update.<\/p>\n
The neurologist kicked me out and doesn’t want to see me again for another 3 months. \ud83d\ude09 I seem to be having the headaches in spurts. After seeing the psychologist at work, I’ll have approximately a week without headaches (emotional release?). Then I’ll have a week or so with daily headaches, but the pain level is pretty low. So, we’re going to wait for a bit for the Neurontin to really take hold and see I do. He could continue to up the dose, but at some point the benefits will no longer outweigh the side effects. I’m content to wait for a bit. As long as I can get rid of the majority of the headaches, I’m better off than I was (I think)!<\/p>\n
I saw the new psychologist today. He’s nothing like what I pictured in my head. I don’t know why I am always SO WRONG with my visual images when I speak with someone on the phone or over the internet. But, it doesn’t matter. I was completely at ease with him. Of course, I’m a very open person, so as long as you are nice to me, then that’s all it takes. \ud83d\ude42 Part of me is a little disappointed because it was a lot of just diagnostic stuff today. But the intellectual part of me realizes that was inevitable. There’s a lot of questions to be asked, some basic history to go over and a lot of foundation to be laid. <\/p>\n
The good news is that I finally have an official diagnosis (he has to provide one to the insurance company): dysthymia. WebMD’s definition is pretty much what the psychologist told me – “Also sometimes referred to as chronic depression. This type of depression occurs most of the time over a period of at least two years in adults and one year in children and adolescents. It is characterized by less severe, lingering symptoms of depression that may last for years.” <\/p>\n
The other good news is that I’ll be seeing him again next Wednesday. So, I don’t have to wait for long before I get to spill my guts. LOL. In the meantime, I have homework. I have to write an autobiography in about 10 pages. Right up my alley. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Since I haven’t talked much about doctor visits (despite the fact that I’ve had at least one a week for weeks and two a week for the past three weeks), I thought that I would give an update. The neurologist … Continue reading