It took 6 months, but my depression finally lifted, My depression was triggered by my jury duty experience, See a previous entry for my jury duty back in April.
One or two months after that, I went to my primary care physician for what seemed to be a depression that was triggered by the jury duty. After talking to her what happened, she increased one of my antidepressants, which ended up helping me to some extent.
My primary care physician documented what happened to me, so if I ever get in this position again, I will have a note from my doctor excusing me from future inquiries concerning jury duty.
After several months of my increase in medication, there was a noticeable improvement in my depression. While I felt a whole lot better, there was still a small cloud hanging overhead. I wasn’t able to get rid of it for some time.
It wasn’t until I was at work one time when I realized I was still a little depressed. I wasn’t aware of that at the time. I’m a slow learner at times! Anyway, once I realized there was a small cloud of depression left, it seemed to have vanished. I don’t always see I’m depressed. It takes time before I realize what’s going on. And I don’t know why that is.
It seems though, that once I recognized there was still some depression left somewhere, the last remnants finally lifted.
What surprised me the most was the length and severity of the depression. It’s been a long time since I’ve been this depressed for this long.
I’m just glad it’s over.
I’d like to do an audio podcast of the event. More to follow. Hopefully this website will allow me to do this. We’ll see what happens, but I will let you know.
