An update on my mental state.

First and foremost, I'd like to sincerely thank all of you for your kindness and compassion, which honestly helped me greatly to get through the past two weeks. This is an update for those of you who care, consisting of two main things:

1. After several more therapy sessions, I am going in next week to talk to an adolescent psychiatrist about getting on medication for my depression. My therapist's final thoughts were weird, though. In addition to noticing depression, he also expressed concern in other things, which brings me to my second bit of news.

2. The same psychiatrist I'm seeing for antidepressants (starting in a few days) is going to evaluate me for a potential psychotic disorder. Already my therapist has informed him that I am showing some symptoms of it, though he suspects it isn't severe enough to warrant medication. It may lead to a psychosis NOS (not otherwise specified) diagnosis, or none at all, but nonetheless he is keeping an eye on my symptoms (and whether or not they worsen).

That's my update. Thanks to all of you for your support.

~ L

P.S. I'll be in Boston (the city) on the MIT campus for lunch Saturday April 30, if anyone wants to meet me.