Dear Diary: A Downward Spiral Into Depression.
Dear Diary, After trying to figure out what to write for this week’s blogpost, I came up with an idea that I would start a “Dear Diary” series. So, here I go…In the fall of 2008 I was admitted into the hospital for the first time with, what the doctors’ called Schizo Affective Disorder. Now, before that I had I had had some episodes, such as being afraid of people of authority always running away from them, thinking that they’re coming after me. After that admission I ended up in another hospital and was diagnosed with Major Depression Disorder and was given Zoloft. After taking it I became overly energetic, especially in the warmer weather. I couldn’t sleep, I couldn’t sit still. The longest I went without sleep was four days. I would go to my father complaining that I couldn’t sleep. I don’t know what he would’ve done. I guess I just wanted someone to sit with me until I did fall asleep...