Off (sort of)

[lesliepear]

I'm taking a vacation day today.

I'm taking Zoloft for PPD, and I have to see this doctor for 15 minutes once a month for a checkup. He doesn't have night hours, the best I can do is 5 or 5:30. This was fine when I was working from home, but that's over now. (It's very political and I doubt I will be able to do it even on occasion for a while now...grr.) So I was going to just leave NYC early (boss was ok with that), but decided to take the day off (I had 16 vacation days and no plans for them). I need to do other stuff like balance my checkbook which I never get to do (wiped at night, busy on weekends), so Alan's in daycare and I'm home.

Now to get off the computer and start getting organized!

Comments

[preternatural.livejournal.com]

That seems odd. I've been on Zoloft for, oh, 20 months now, and I've never had to have a checkup more than once every 3-6 months. What a frustration for you to have to try to balance work and doctor's schedules!

[lesliepear.livejournal.com]

I got hooked up with the Zoloft through the hospital I had Alan at. I actually go to a "mental health" facility (very depressing) for my checkups (I had been briefly in a PPD group, but quit when I had to go back to work, no time.) The doctor thinks I have to stay on for 9 months, I started in December, can't wait to stop going, but it DID help.

[preternatural.livejournal.com]

Ohhh, OK. So they only plan to have you on it temporarily. That makes more sense, then, with the frequent checks.

As far as I can tell, I'll be on it indefinitely. I've weaned off it twice and both times were bad. However, I didn't have PPD so much as a return of the depression I've been fighting since childhood, so.