I really like how this week has gone, for the most part. There have been a few challenges, my internet service being sort of spotty has been one of them. I think I have handled most of the challenges this week with a decent attitude. Not perfect, but certainly not close to the mental melt down I probably would have had in the past given the same set of circumstances.

I think the high light of my week was my group therapy. My counselor heads up the group, and has respected our wishes to keep it women only. I believe it makes us all feel more comfortable with sharing what is going on with us. This week when we had group, it felt more like a group of women chatting about our lives than a mental health therapy session. I liked that. I liked it because it felt so normal.

One of the other big things that happened this week was that I actually went over to someone’s house. It was remarkable because I have not done that in years. The lady that lives across the road from me, and also is in my group therapy let me come over and use her internet connection. I met her roommate and a friend of theirs. It was good for me. I did not feel nervous, or as if I did not belong there.

Things went well with my psychiatrist too. I have not had any problems with the Zoloft, and we decided to keep gradually increasing the dose until I am taking a 200 mg dose. From what the psychiatrist says, that is still a low dose for Zoloft. She also said she did not believe that it would cause the same problems that Effexor did. She told me that it was an older drug in the SSRI class of medications and in her experience, it did not usually cause problems with blood sugar and blood pressure.

One benefit to taking the Zoloft that I had not counted on is I seem to one of the 11% of people whose appetite is drastically reduced by it. That is a huge change from the Effexor. No more late night hunger, and I eat about half to slightly less than half when I sit down and have a meal. I had already lost some weight from being able to be more active, having less of an appetite should help me with some weight loss goals I have.

The one really yucky thing that occurred this week, is that it appears another MRSA infection has popped up. The first one I had was under my left breast, sort at the spot where you would put a heart monitor lead. This one has shown up on the side of my left breast. This one is a bit different than the first one. The first one had to be lanced to allow the infection to come out, and I had to take antibiotics. This one seems to have decided to drain on its own. It looks even uglier than the first one did. I am going to watch it over the next few days. If it looks worse or does not start looking better then I will see a doctor and get some more oral antibiotics. My hope is that since it began draining on its own, that the infection will come out without me having to take antibiotics again. It is painful, but at least it is not as painful as the first one was.