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Age 40-54
Interview 19  

Interview 19

Age at Interview: 50
Sex: Female
Background: Married with children, was anxious as a child and felt ill-fitted with her family. She left university due to anxiety and struggled for years at a bullying workplace before a debilitating 5 year depression.
Brief outline:Has managed to find joy in life through approaches including medication (currently venlafaxine 150mg & chlorpromazine 25mg), counselling, partner support, Christianity and voluntary work (which led to rewarding employment).


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While people may be sceptical, there is life after depression, and life can improve.

 



[Sigh] I would just like to say there is light at the end of the tunnel and I just know that people watching this who are really ill will just be thinking, "Oh yeah bog off you stupid old woman". But I felt like they may be feeling now, and I would never, ever have believed I could be this well. I am more well now that I have ever been in my life. My quality of life is better in terms of... I've got a bounce in my step. I have fun. I don't kind of live for weekends or live for holidays, I enjoy every day. And I guess there's stuff that sounds patronising like just take the best out of every day, but we only have one shot at life don't we? This isn't the dress rehearsal. This is it. You know, I have got well and I'm taking my tablets and I'm happily going to take them for the rest of my life. I'm not going to muck about with them.
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