Hi Zombiette,

That sounds like a good idea, to see if your counselor might have any urgent slots available. You can talk with your counselor and your doctor, too, about changing meds and get their feedback on it. And sometimes it does really help to make contact with friends when it's a particularly rough time. Sometimes I call friends and just talk about the weather, or ask them how their day is going, or we talk about something in the news....and I don't even say anything that is going on here. It helps just to make contact with another person and I'll feel better just making that connection. Like you said, some folks aren't very comfortable discussing difficult things, too, and I think it's good to respect that. But at least for me, it can still be really helpful just to be in touch with somebody, even for a little while, if things aren't going so well. Take extra gentle care of yourself. I hope things start looking up soon!

Take care,
ErinBear