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I'm still struggling with severe depression. I came damn near to saying "fuck it!" this morning and getting back into bed and letting my life fall apart like a house of cards. I've been strongly tempted enter a hospital or at least take a leave of absence from work. But I'm not even sure my employer is large enough to fall under FMLA and figure that all it would buy me is more trouble. I don't have any savings to fall back on and couldn't take the interruption of income. Not to mention that I don't have anyone in my life to take up the fucking slack. Whatever I don't do myself in my life just doesn't get done.
I've come to realize that part of the blame for my current crisis goes to my shithead psychiatrist for slashing the dosage of one my medications by a third, with no regard to how it might impact me or my ability to cope. Never mind that I'd been on that dosage for four years, and in that four years, I never once had to go to my boss and explain that my depression was preventing me from properly performing my duties. But I had to do that last Friday. Fortunately, my boss couldn't have been more human and understanding during that conversation. Unfortunately, it seems to me that she's backpedaled from that understanding somewhat since then. Or perhaps that's just the distorted perspective of stress and unhappiness.
