Feb 28, 2007 18:02
I thought I'd finally let everyone know how I'm doing... and the answer is, better.
Sunday night, I found out I may have failed a class through absences. I stared at my arm for ten minutes and wondered if it would help things if I cut it, if I bled, if I showed people my depression is serious. Then, being the kind of person I am, I wen t to Izzy and asked for help because I'd scared myself. We went to the hospital and I stayed under observation for around five hours, during which period we watched Chocolat on Izzy's computer. (Mmmm, Johnny Depp.)
Several days and many conversations with many different people later, the result seems to be that I should take a medical leave of absence for the rest of this semester. I can take the time off to get better and find a medication that keeps me stable over a longer time period. I'll probably take the next week and a half to hang out and relax, then go home for spring break and just not come back until we have time to drive here for my stuff.
Now I'm going to watch Eureka 7 with my friends, so I'll try to write another entry about happier things later tonight.
medical leave,
depression,
eureka 7