On the mend, hopefully...

*Obligatory 'I am shite at blogging' disclaimer*

Of course I have failed to update here since my New Year's post. Despite all of my 'new year, fresh start' optimism, I've pretty much wasted these last two months. January quickly crumbled after a row with my partner which left me crying for a week straight over the possibility of breaking up. At the end of that week, even though I uttered the words, "I am breaking up with you," we somehow came to an understanding and are currently enjoying a period of calm.
That little breakdown caused me to miss my first week of classes, which caused a chain reaction resulting in several more missed classes and two dropped courses. I have barely left the house these past two months, and have spent a good portion of my time lying down.
Considering that I would like to, at some point, finish my Bachelor's degree, and then possibly move on to some form of grad school, attending class and finishing assignments is a necessary evil. I decided that I finally had to do something about the fact that I had very little motivation to do anything besides laying in bed and watching Minecraft let's plays, so I went to the doctor.
Now, I even put off scheduling this appointment. I had intended to schedule an appointment for my Reading Week, which was from the 17th to the 21st, but I forgot to do that before the weekend. And then I somehow failed to call the doctor's office during my Reading Week. Luckily, my mother had an appointment booked for this morning, which she wasn't going to be able to make due to another appointment. She let me take her appointment this morning, and after explaining my symptoms and worries to my GP, he agreed that I could benefit from some sort of medication.
As of this morning, I am taking a low dose of Cipralex. The side-effects don't seem too terrifying, and I am actually pretty excited to see if this works. I took my first pill about an hour ago, and I'm already giddy. I know that this feeling is just a placebo effect, because the meds usually take a couple of weeks to actually make much of a difference, but hope is something that I haven't experienced for a while, so I'm going to allow myself this one.