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Nervous first post

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

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@Brett37 Hi. I react with fear when I feel myself sliding backwards. I know it only makes things worse for me as I begin to over analyse every single move and feeling. My psychiatrist is trying to be helpful. He was resistant to focus on anything except PTSD. It has taken some time to get meds sorted and still working on it really. Very frustrating. The loss of self confidence is shattering. However it quickly returns.
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