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Brief Update


Wow it's been over a year since I last updated. Part of the issue is that I am horrible with keeping online journals the other issues that sometimes real life catches up with me and I honestly forget. Over the past year my work hours have increased. While I may only be working one more day a week that means I have less time to actually devote to side projects and I tend to need to unwind a little more, which I do by reading.  So while this past year has been great in regards to reading it has sucked for writing.

So update since last post. I was kept on Geodon( Ziprazidone) and have been doing wonderful on it. Some nausea but it is manageable. I was taken off the Prozac, they think that was what was causing my anxiety worse. I now take Vistaril (Hydroxyzine) as needed for anxiety. Yes, I know that I should take it daily but the only anxiety that I have now has been situational.

You see, a year ago I threw a panic attack while being in the car. That has caused massive issues with car related anxiety. It now verges on phobia. I just recently started doing The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook to help get over this. I am only about 100 pages in so I can't really leave a full review just yet, but so far that book has been helpful in relation to understanding Anxiety and Phobias.

Sadly this is a short update. I hope to do a full length post soon. I would love to hear from my readers so that I can get an idea of what topics that they would like to see covered. 

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