• Effectiveness

  None (for obsessive-compulsive disorder)
• Effectiveness

  None (for emotional flatness (flat affect))
• Effectiveness

  None (for not caring if i live or die)
• Effectiveness

  None (for guilt or self blame)
• Effectiveness

  None (for difficulty trusting others due to mild paranoia)
• Effectiveness

  Slight (for Support mental / emotional health)
• Effectiveness

  Slight (for difficulty relating to others)
• Effectiveness

  Slight (for loneliness)
• Effectiveness

  Slight (for generalized anxiety disorder)
• Effectiveness

  None (for major depressive disorder)
• Effectiveness

  Slight (for low self esteem)
• Side effects

  Mild (for Overall) (apathy, emotional flatness (flat affect), Seeking answers to ALL my questions, some relief in pain and depression, Self Doubt, guilt or self blame, difficulty trusting others due to mild paranoia, change in outlook, feeling of discouragement, low self esteem)
• Adherence

  Usually
• Burden

  Very hard to take

Dosage: 200 min Monthly

Advice & Tips: My most immediate issue(s) were Obsessive Compulsive Disorder as well as Major Depressive Disorder and Anxiety. My counselor was helpful in answering questions and looking up information, but she really had no real training in what I needed her for. When I started with Excess Daytime Sleepiness, I kept forgetting appts or sleeping through them (either at home or at her office).

• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for difficulty relating to others)
• Effectiveness

  Moderate (for loneliness)
• Effectiveness

  None (for Can't stop looking for answers.)
• Effectiveness

  Slight (for generalized anxiety disorder)
• Effectiveness

  Slight (for major depressive disorder)
• Effectiveness

  Slight (for low self esteem)
• Side effects

  Moderate (for Overall) (apathy, emotional flatness (flat affect), Seeking answers to ALL my questions, some relief in pain and depression, Self Doubt, guilt or self blame, difficulty trusting others due to mild paranoia, change in outlook, low self esteem)
• Adherence

  Usually
• Burden

  Somewhat hard to take

Dosage: 200 min Monthly

Advice & Tips: I'm not entirely sure my therapist understands how deeply my issues affect ME. She thinks everything can be solved by just stopping the obsessive behaviors--she claims they are a substitution for something else--I want to know WHAT THAT SOMETHING ELSE IS. I am also constantly obsessed with details--I am always asking questions about the most minute things; I can't even get through a movie because I get caught up with minor inconsistencies and I don't appreciate the "editorial license" that producers take, even though I'm an [former] editor, copywriter, copyeditor and published writer. I want all these questions in my head to stop.