Brett37Casual Contributor
Nervous first post
Hi everyone. Very new to talking about my situation in a forum environment.
A bit of back story.
I was first diagnosed Severe Depression and severe anxiety in Early 2011 in my mid 30's. After several months of denying finally medicated in december of that year closely followed by a suicide attempt in late december that year.
I have had a relatively successful career in sales but worked under heavy pressure from 08 to 2011. I left my previous employ to take a role with lesser responsibility and that worked very well for 18 months. In 2013 I was weened off medication and all has seemed to go well until recently. Just a little unsure of where to go at this point. I have since re entered a sales career and work for a supportive employee that knows my history. But recently I have felt a few of the bad old ways creeping back in, don't want to socialise with people (makes it difficult when that is pretty much 90% of my job) and having mood swings again. Difference this time is I am not having the highs and lows as severely as I did back in 2011. Just generally flat and somewhat lost. Throughout my treatment I saw a Pshycologist once a fortnight but I don't really ever feel that she understood me or my situation. Was told that maybe I was just lost and looking for a career change.... Even after discussing the attempted suicide she indicated that I might just be a little bored.... WTF!
Hoping that sharing my experience and understanding what others have been through might lead me to the next step. I am not in a place where I am having dark thoughts, but I also don't want to get that low again. Is another assesment something I should be considering?
Cheers
Brett