If this is your first time here, you might want to read in reverse order, from the beginning. "Testing Depression" is my true story about being hospitalized for depression.
A quick summary up to this point:
I arrived at the hospital in a police car. I was examined by the entry nurse, and then by a doctor on the unit. I met two nurses, Meg and Dorothy, and two other patients, Charlie and Louisa. I was on fifteen-minute checks. I struggled to remember the causes of my depression. My only medication at this point was Ortho-Tricyclen (birth control pills).
just found your site, and I will be stopping by to read it now. I completely relate to what you say in your blog description about being ‘weighed down by secrets’.
I have lots of half-buried memories of similar experiences, and you’ve got me thinking that perhaps I should write them down too. But when I think about it, it does feel a scary place to revisit….
Comment by been broken — July 5, 2005 @ 8:14 am