Dealing With Depression - Part Three
Looking back at two different times of struggling with major depression in my life, I realize they were both caused by an external substance. We moved to Australia in the summer of 2000 (their winter.) I was ecstatic to be there. My depression prior to that usually stemmed from living away from my family, and Australia was the farthest we’d ever been. Even so, I recall feeling pity for a couple preparing to leave this wonderful place; I was actually grateful to live there and dealing very well with the distance from home. A year later though, I was deep in depression. I couldn’t figure out what caused my depression, and eventually, I started doing some research online. I discovered that high blood pressure medicines sometimes triggered depression. I had been prescribed one the year before, and sure enough, the one I took identified depression as a side effect. I went to my doctor (who was unaware of this side effect) and she changed m...