Thursday, 2 September 2010

When is depression clinical or otherwise?

I've been pushing for the last few weeks to have my anti-depressant changed (I'm sure I've gone on about it before here!). I think my opinion is beginning to change a bit, after having conversations with a psychiatrist and a couple of social workers.
They have suggested, that, although I do suffer from clinical depression, I'm also very unhappy. I'm socially isolated, through nobody's fault. My few friends are scattered all over the country, and it is very difficult for me to meet people of my own age, who share my interests. Also, the psychiatrist said that I know my life would improve in the next 6 months, but until then I'm waiting, and going through hell.
All that makes a lot of sense, when you think about it. So, I'm starting to look at ways of sorting this out. As yet, my ideas are a bit thin on the ground, but I'm going to keep trying!

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