Well, I saw the doc for a checkup today, as I'm almost out of my first batch of Citalopram. Very disappointed with her comments. She is of the school that believes that depression is purely a chemical imbalance, and that lots of exercise, along with the pills, will have me right as rain in no time. When I said that I'd like to have more talk therapy, she advised against it, saying that "introspection will just make the depression worse". So, no more introspection? I should just be a carefree airhead? Yikes.

The problem is that not only does the effect of SSRIs seem to creep up on me, but just as they were meant to start being effective (6 weeks after initial treatment) the weather turned nice, I've started doing some gardening, and also we have my sister's dog her for a while so I've been taking her for walks. The added exercie, the sunny weather, and the presence of a dog (I love dogs); all these factors could be the reason Nick said I was sounding 'a bit more chirpy'.

Anyway, we'll see. I've posted this URL up on my Google Talk status, so I expect to see loads of comments now from all those friends of mine who I've been too "introspective" to contact recently... :p

Oh, and also check out the new links - Angel's new blog being the first one :)