Hi everyone. I was preforming a websearch on depression, and this website popped up. I thought it may be helpful, so here I am.
Anyway...my name is Miranda. I am twenty-four and living in Iowa. My three year old daughter and I are living with my parents. We are not out on our own because even though I have a steady job, I cannot afford to move right now.
I have been depressed for as long as I can remember. When I was six, one of my older cousins sexually abused me. No one knew about it for ten years. Shortly after I turned sixteen, I wrote my parents a note telling them what had happened. I've been in therapy since then. I was first put on medication when I was seventeen. Shortly before my eighteenth birthday, I overdosed on anti-depressants. That landed me in the dual diagnosis unti for a week. Since then, it's been a parade of medications, psychiatrists, and counselors. I've had several different diagnosises, but right now it is major depression, recurrent, moderate. I've been with the pyschiatrist and counselor who gave me that diagnosis for probably five years. I'm currently taking Wellbutrin and Lamictal.
So...that's the 'short' version. Hope to get to know others soon!
