MeAndMyDepression
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A little bit about me...
I've had depression my whole life. I'm now 61 years old. First my depression was mild, then it progressed to moderate, and now it is severe. I am on Social Security disability and cannot work. I attempted suicide once. Thankfully I wasn't successful at it. I have passive suicidal thoughts almost on a daily basis. I have all of the symptoms of clinical depression. I have treatment-resistant depression. I've tried all of the SSRIs and none of them have helped me. I've tried 15 sessions of ECT (electro-convulsive therapy) and that didn't work. I've tried 36 sessions of rTMS (repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation) and that also didn't work. I wish that people who don't have depression could understand what it's like to have it. My marriage of 26 years ended in divorce because my family could no longer be a caregiver to me. It is a horrible, horrible illness, but I guess everyone on this forum knows that.
I've had depression my whole life. I'm now 61 years old. First my depression was mild, then it progressed to moderate, and now it is severe. I am on Social Security disability and cannot work. I attempted suicide once. Thankfully I wasn't successful at it. I have passive suicidal thoughts almost on a daily basis. I have all of the symptoms of clinical depression. I have treatment-resistant depression. I've tried all of the SSRIs and none of them have helped me. I've tried 15 sessions of ECT (electro-convulsive therapy) and that didn't work. I've tried 36 sessions of rTMS (repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation) and that also didn't work. I wish that people who don't have depression could understand what it's like to have it. My marriage of 26 years ended in divorce because my family could no longer be a caregiver to me. It is a horrible, horrible illness, but I guess everyone on this forum knows that.
