Midway through my session, I go from talking real slow, being out of it, feeling generally really weird and getting my counsellor worried, to speaking faster and laughing and basically feeling totally different. He brought up maybe seeing the psychiatrist sooner, as an emergency appointment, but I think I'll be fine till next Friday. This is because of the withdrawal, I know it. I think I'll read up more about it.

But honestly, of all the side effects, I never thought the medication would induce hypomania, and neither did my counsellor. I'm not the impulsive type, I'm shy, I have some social anxiety, I'm great at restraining myself... well, the latter's coming in handy. I know that if I start speaking real fast and acting different, people will notice. Luckily, I did like joking around sometimes and acting weird before, so I've got some leeway. And I did try my utmost best to keep other people from suspecting I had depression (and it surprises me that people didn't realize, not even family).