Hello im John, 35 years old and have suffered from depression on and off but mainly on for 18 years, recently at my last outpatients it was decided that i actually suffer from social phobia, stress and anxiety which they feel now causes the depression rather than being symptoms of it.
The worst thing for me is the sweating if i get anxious, i get soaked in a few minutes as my adrenalin burns far to quickly. Its also difficult feeling scared of things especially as im a strong looking 6ft man.
I read about OCD on this site and felt a huge sense of relief as many of the things described me.
Ive had all my meds changed, been on anti ds for last 2 years at quite a high dose and many times before but coming off them and using busar and venefaxine.
I work full time within the mental health system, am married and have two beautiful and loving boys who are 9 months old.
I have also been through a course of CBT which is excellent and helped, it was for a research project to see if people with dysthmic depression would react better to cbt or ifct(?).
Anyway lovely to meet you, it would be especially good to hear from people who live in east sussex so we could have a mini meet up.
cheers
john
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