Hello all.
I would like to introduce myself but that would take far too long in that I would feel obliged to tell all.
I will try and summarise as much as possible who I am and where I fit on this site.
I was first diagnosed as having depression when I was 16 years of age, the school nurse wanted to see me put on anti-depressants but my mother wouldn't hear of it.
I can't remember when I first started on them, I guess it was in the 1990s. after the birth of my three girls. When I went for a hysterectomy, it was found that I had a low thyroid function which also can also be a common condition associated with depression.
I am now 49.
I have had my medication changed, dose altered and now I am in the process of receiving my second course of CBT. (cognitive behaviour therapy).
Today I asked my psychiatrist, did I have bi-polar. No, I certainly did not...... what I have is called Dysthymia. Tonight I have looked it up and I am not only amazed but soooooooooooo thankful that now I have something which I can all my condition and not only that but there are people out there who have the same as me and we can share our thoughts, feelings etc.
It is such a relief.
I registered today and I hope to meet people the same as me on here.
Please feel free to mail me.
Thank you.