Very good and touching :) I like House's roundabout way of getting Wilson to talk and being willing to talk, using the term symptoms instead of feelings.
There is only one thing, Xantac is a digestive medication, I believe the med you were thinking of is Xanax, used to treat anxiety issues. It is also very fast acting, unlike anti-depressants which take some time to build up and start to be effective, xanax works as soon as it hits the bloodstream. Doesn't cure panic attacks, nor does it quiet the really bad ones, but it does work pretty much immediately.
Oh thank you! It's the strangest thing. I had it in originally the correct way, and my spell check "corrected" it for me. I can't figure out why a spell check would prefer Xantac to Xanax but I never would have caught it.
Isn't spell check amusing? I hate the ones that do it automatically the minute you type a word, it just makes a change. I usually turn that off and just hit spell check after, but even then it will single out some odd things when it comes to medications and the like.
And I didn't say it before, but thanks for sharing the fic, I enjoyed it very much :)
Well done, dear. Intimate and caring and yet not OOC, which is tricky. And the way Wilson bottles things up, I could absolutely see him developing an anxiety problem or a form of PTSD.
Perhaps the antidepressant/antianxiety med you wanted was Zoloft, not Xanax? Because Xanax, and Ativan for that matter, are indeed very fast-acting sedatives.
Thank you so much! I definitely think I might be pleading for a beta reader for my next story, with all the trouble I seem to be having with medications.
A good friend of mine was prescribed Xanax for anxiety disorders. But you're right... if it's too fast acting, that wouldn't serve the function needed for the story. So, unless a better medication comes along, I think I'll sneak back in and prescribe Zoloft for poor Wilson instead.
Thanks so much for the encouragement. I really do appreciate it!
Actually, it works in the context when it's first mentioned; Wilson could well have taken a Xanax to calm that specific anxiety attack. My whole family had a scrip for the stuff after my dad suddenly died.
So when you say Wilson's waiting for the Xanax to kick in, that seems totally right to me. He had an episode and took a pill to calm himself down. It only goes wrong when you get to the suggestion that the medicine takes time to build up, the way an antidepressant does.
You can check with me if you want things beta read; if I have time I'll be glad to do it. I highly recommend beta/first-readers, as mine constantly save me from getting egg on my face and help make my stories far better than they'd otherwise be.
Definitely, the real low-down on Wilson's Heart. You have just the right touch of humor mixed in with the seriousness of the situation, and House and Wilson are perfectly IC.
Thank you so much... it's been quite the medically intense month in our household, so some personal experience crept into this one. But since I couldn't get over Amber's death in Wilson's Heart, I really don't think Wilson would have quite so easily gotten over it either.
And thanks so much for the *mems*! I so appreciate it.
Sorry to hear that there have been medical issues in your family. Writing can be a wonderful way to work things through. I sincerely hope it helped.
I quite agree with you about Wilson not getting over Amber's death easily. I can't even watch that episode again, and mostly stay away from Amber fics because it was so devestating.
The timing for this fic was perfect. I was ready to take the journey with House and Wilson.
Actually, it is amazing how much it helped. I sat in a hospital room for three days straight and ended up writing "Oleanders in New Jersey." I couldn't read and wasn't good for much of anything else, but for whatever reason, I could write. And we're all doing much better, thank you.
I watched the end of the episode for this story and was sobbing - it's just brutal. I don't think I can watch it either.
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There is only one thing, Xantac is a digestive medication, I believe the med you were thinking of is Xanax, used to treat anxiety issues. It is also very fast acting, unlike anti-depressants which take some time to build up and start to be effective, xanax works as soon as it hits the bloodstream. Doesn't cure panic attacks, nor does it quiet the really bad ones, but it does work pretty much immediately.
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Thanks so much for letting me know!
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And I didn't say it before, but thanks for sharing the fic, I enjoyed it very much :)
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Perhaps the antidepressant/antianxiety med you wanted was Zoloft, not Xanax? Because Xanax, and Ativan for that matter, are indeed very fast-acting sedatives.
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A good friend of mine was prescribed Xanax for anxiety disorders. But you're right... if it's too fast acting, that wouldn't serve the function needed for the story. So, unless a better medication comes along, I think I'll sneak back in and prescribe Zoloft for poor Wilson instead.
Thanks so much for the encouragement. I really do appreciate it!
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So when you say Wilson's waiting for the Xanax to kick in, that seems totally right to me. He had an episode and took a pill to calm himself down. It only goes wrong when you get to the suggestion that the medicine takes time to build up, the way an antidepressant does.
You can check with me if you want things beta read; if I have time I'll be glad to do it. I highly recommend beta/first-readers, as mine constantly save me from getting egg on my face and help make my stories far better than they'd otherwise be.
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Definitely, the real low-down on Wilson's Heart. You have just the right touch of humor mixed in with the seriousness of the situation, and House and Wilson are perfectly IC.
*mems*
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And thanks so much for the *mems*! I so appreciate it.
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I quite agree with you about Wilson not getting over Amber's death easily. I can't even watch that episode again, and mostly stay away from Amber fics because it was so devestating.
The timing for this fic was perfect. I was ready to take the journey with House and Wilson.
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I watched the end of the episode for this story and was sobbing - it's just brutal. I don't think I can watch it either.
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