Hello, my name is Ashley - 22 yr old male from England.
I have been experiencing moderate to severe depression since around the age of 16 but hit a real new low this year.
Am currently prescribed Escitalopram at 15-20mg per day by my Doctor and have been evaluated my mental health professionals who think that my depression and anxiety are a bi-product of a long term amount of stress caused from un-diagnosed Autism/Aspergers Syndrome. I am currently on a waiting list to be fully assessed for those conditions but the waiting list is lonnnnnnnnnnng and in the meantime I just continue to struggle. I have been screened by the National Autistic Society who are 99% sure I have something going on in that range which is at the root of my distress.
I was advised as part of 'self help' to start writing down my thoughts and feelings so I joined up here in order to see if that works (:
Uhhhm what else? Well I live with my family - including my mother who takes a large brunt of my distress which I know is painful for her and in turn makes me feel awful and guilty. I have a full time job where I have been for almost 3 years..... they are aware of my 'situation' and I had 8 weeks off earlier in the year with depression/anxiety and stress. I am at breaking point again though as I am at a real bad low once again and feel like I'll soon be off work again.... I feel a lot happier at home... as work contributes to all the things that stress me out, make me anxious and lead to bouts of severe depression.
Stay tuned - if its OK I may use this treat of something of a journal to keep a steady track of my progress and have somewhere to vent or whatev? (: Thanks for having me.
I have been experiencing moderate to severe depression since around the age of 16 but hit a real new low this year.
Am currently prescribed Escitalopram at 15-20mg per day by my Doctor and have been evaluated my mental health professionals who think that my depression and anxiety are a bi-product of a long term amount of stress caused from un-diagnosed Autism/Aspergers Syndrome. I am currently on a waiting list to be fully assessed for those conditions but the waiting list is lonnnnnnnnnnng and in the meantime I just continue to struggle. I have been screened by the National Autistic Society who are 99% sure I have something going on in that range which is at the root of my distress.
I was advised as part of 'self help' to start writing down my thoughts and feelings so I joined up here in order to see if that works (:
Uhhhm what else? Well I live with my family - including my mother who takes a large brunt of my distress which I know is painful for her and in turn makes me feel awful and guilty. I have a full time job where I have been for almost 3 years..... they are aware of my 'situation' and I had 8 weeks off earlier in the year with depression/anxiety and stress. I am at breaking point again though as I am at a real bad low once again and feel like I'll soon be off work again.... I feel a lot happier at home... as work contributes to all the things that stress me out, make me anxious and lead to bouts of severe depression.
Stay tuned - if its OK I may use this treat of something of a journal to keep a steady track of my progress and have somewhere to vent or whatev? (: Thanks for having me.




