Roommates

Chapter 14

<<Stell>>

"I see here that you take medication for asthma" Lisa said as she examined my old medical records that she got online. "And you take a few supplements and a medication to calm your nerves" that was about it. Talking about medication ignites my anxiety for some reason. I hate it.

Sage squeezed my hand in an it-will-be-alright gesture, I was very grateful. I'm glad he came here with me I couldn't have had the courage to come again all on my own.

"Ok listen Stell, I'll write a prescription only if you promise me to get the prescribed medication" she said, hopeful as ever.

"Do I really have to? Can't I get better without medication?"

"You can, but see with depression, your brain doesn't produce Serotonin and Dopamine correctly, so when a depression episode is happening, you can't come of it by yourself even if you want to. Like you can't physically cheer up or have fun. Your body is unable to, and that's what the medication is for. Medication, and then treatment. That's how it works.

I gotta say when she puts it like that it's convincing. Like I now know why exactly I'll be taking the meds, and not just 'take those they'll help'.

I agreed.

"Okay great. I'll need you to stop taking the supplements and the other medications, so basically if it's not asthma related, stop taking it." she scribbled in a squiggly handwriting. "And take these instead" she gave me the prescription which I couldn't read.

"Will my insomnia be gone and my sleep get better?" she knows about my sleeping habits from the couple sessions we had and I talked.

"You'll always have nights where you can't sleep at all, but your sleeping quality should become significantly better, and henceforth you'll feel less tired."

That's a relief. Dr. Lisa said that I might find these meds at the hospital pharmacy, where they sell them for a discount to help people. Honestly this is such a great town. I wished I could live and study here instead.

We found the medicines we needed in the hospital pharmacy, which wasn't crowded thankfully. It seemed to me that not much people live here.

"Thanks so much for coming with me. I owe you a lot" I thanked Sage as he drove us back to Hilltown, and consequently to my apartment. "You're such a great friend and I could never return the favor"

"It's nothing don't worry about it" he said, passing a hand through his dirty blonde hair, with the other fixed on the steering wheel. "I'm just glad you're getting the treatment you need"

It was almost dark when we arrived with the sun fading into the dark blue illuminated with the faint glow of the moon.

I hugged Sage goodbye, who wasn't keen on the touchy feely stuff at first. But he's all good now.

"Oh before I go" I stopped midway from the entrance of the building. "Have you heard anything from Charlie?"

Charlie is, or was, a part of Ryder's old group; a petite barbie looking girl with white bright skin and pinkish cheeks, and soft features. She has been MIA for a few days.

I had the chance to grab a coffee with her while she was hanging out with Sage, who's the only one she still talks to from their old group.

"Yeah she texted me when you were talking with the psych. She's been seeing someone and she got occupied but she's good now"

"That's great I'm glad she's alright. Well I'll see you later?"

"Definitely"

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