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The next step

Insomnia, headaches, excessive sweating and diarrhea. These are some of the side effects I’ve been experiencing since starting medication for my anxiety and depression. 🙃 The insomnia is what has lead me to writing a blog post at 4am.  My thoughts tend to be deep and reflective when I’m wide awake at this time of morning. At the forefront of my mind is the question: “Is the medication working?” I can’t say I’ve seen a huge difference, but to be honest I don’t really know what to expect. This is all new to me... Going on medication was a last resort. I’ve been seeing a psychologist and trying my hardest to just “get through to the other side”. I felt like I had tried everything else and things were still not getting better. I was apprehensive, I was scared. I asked a few people I knew who were on medication and they helped me to see the benefits and encouraged me to make that decision. It’s not like I suddenly feel full of sunshine and rainbows, but I do think things are slowly sta...