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I did go to my appointment yesterday. I wound up talking to a guy who is a nurse-practitioner who mostly prescribes what medication you need and only listens nominally. He said that they do have therapists that do the listening part. Now I begin to understand how all this works. The more people you have to see, the more money you have to pay. What did I expect? However, he did give me two prescriptions. One is for Trazodone, which is an anti-depressant that is also supposed to help me sleep. Wahoo! I took it last night and slept beautifully. I was told that the Trazondone may make me have super-vivid dreams: not necessarily nightmares, though. They did not appear last night, however. He said it would take a couple of weeks for it to make me feel better emotionally or mentally. I also got a prescription for Prozac, which I am supposed to wait a couple of weeks to start so if I have any side effects we will know which prescription caused it. Prozac is really kind of just-in-case. If I am satisfied with how the Trazodone by itself works I don't have to get the Prozac. I guess we will see. |