Went to the shrink yesterday and had a good visit. On past visits it's been "Hi, how're you doin'?", "Feelin' well?", "Okay, I'll see you in two months."

This time we seriously discussed me being severely depressed and he seemed to be listening. He suggested changes in the antidepressant I'm taking since the Celexa doesn't seem to be working as well as it should. His first suggestion was Zoloft. Second, he asked if I wanted to go back to Prozac, which worked fairly well. Unfortunately, I couldn't handle zero, zip, nada libido Prozac gave me. I couldn't look at a guy and feel anything. Cute did not generate an emotional response of any kind. Then he offered some unnamed non-SSRIs. I was a little reluctant to go that far this time.

So, I'm being transitioned to Zoloft. Hopefully its side effects won't be so severe or uncomfortable to outweigh any possibly benefits.

No changes are being made to the mood stabilizer because he thinks it's doing its job by keeping away the dreaded super-happies.

Oh, I'm going back into counseling. At least that works.