Where I Am Right Now...

[hantsbear]

...mentally speaking, that is.
Having come off the Venlafaxine with the help of my GP, having come to an un-easy truce with the events of the last three years or so, having discovered new strengths within me, progress has definitely been made.

But...
Despite going to the GP last week to sort out my sleep problem, namely the vivid and weird dreams I've been getting, which I have started getting again and getting a prescription for sleeping pills, I have found that after a few days, the pills get less and less effective and the dreams are coming back.  I will most likely try and ring the medical center for an appointment to discuss the next course of action.

However...
I went to Birmingham Pride on Saturday and made some very useful connections; I discovered that there are gay mens groups in both Dudley and Wolverhampton - the Dudley group meets monthly and the next meeting is while I am at The Summer Good Food Show on June 13th.  The Wolverhampton group meets weekly on a Monday night (except Bank Holidays, which is why I am not going to head over there tonight.

So, progress.  Still stuff to do though...

Comments

[beastbriskett.livejournal.com]

It's good that you're adapting to your new inner, and outer world. Finding the right pharm can be a long process, sorting through benefit and side effects.
But, I'm curious--Why don't you want to dream?

Thanks for the call the other day. :)

[hantsbear.livejournal.com]

The way my sleep cycle seems to be working, I get deep sleep for a while; wake up, pee, go back to sleep then have vivid dreams that seem to negate the value of the deep sleep leaving me tired the following day. The pills are keeping a check on this so far but I'm only on 2 weeks supply as a short term solution.