Hi there Dr. Rynne , I am a 45 yr old female, w/ genetic genes w/ mental illness mostly depression, and BP. I have never had many problems w/ over the years, I was adopted as a baby and nvr knew of my grandmother, biological suicide overdose they think was cause. That was on bio-fathers side, she had mental, illness, my bio-father who was 16 when had me ended up being a recovered alcoholic...Ik one of his natural daugters he has now as adult is having trouble w/ alcohol abuse. The other side of bio-family my mother being a twin, both her and sister both have some form of drug abuse, I feel due to mental depression or BP never being diagnosed and them self medicating. The mother on that side perfectly fine mentally that is, and the father as well, and their a third sister who is very bright, & does quite well for herself, & has made a very successful life for herself... My question is ik some of this depression or BP illness that the Dr s suspect I may have, which I had depression, that I could not deny if wanted to, its kind of attn. stealer & hard to miss! haha! Now that Im coming out of a 2 yr struggle w/ what I thought was just depression due to genetics and the other part of my story is the family I was adopted by also added a environment very ideal for depression to grow, such a molestation by adopted father when 7, 8 yrs old, and others relatives trying but I avoided their ploys to do just that...also a lot of very intense fighting btwn parents all the time very dysfunctional although did feel loved at times, had horses, pool, vacations 3 brothers that I love, and are the only ppl in the family that stay in each others life both, the mother and father, are not involved in any of their kids lives, b/c of their inability to see anyone but their own pride, and my children wouldn t recognize grandfather who lives 2 miles away if he walked passed. I forgave him for wht he did, yrs later the rest of family found out, by accident thru a good friend I had shared that private info w/ told them, my mother decided to answer to finding out about the incident
Hello, Thanks for choosing Chat Doctor for posting your query. I have gone through your question in detail and I can understand what you are going through. From what you have stated it is quite clear that you are having a depressive episode. Depression can occur with regular stress, and it can also occur biologically without any stress as well. You need proper treatment for the same. There are various effective therapies for depression like fluoxetine, venlafaxine, bupropion, mirtazapine or Escitalopram, and they are all very effective and mostly safe. You may also require some benzodiazepines like clonazepam or lorazepam for a short period like 2-3 weeks to reduce the anxiety and help with your sleep.  If you are averse to the Chat Doctor.  This therapy is taken by either a psychologist or a psychiatrist in which the therapist identifies impaired cognitions (Thoughts) and try to correct them. They are 15-20 min weekly session and there should be around 8-10 sessions to help you with your illness.One's depression settles down, alcohol abuse will also come down. Hope I am able to answer your concerns. If you have any further query, I would be glad to help you. In future if you wish to contact me directly, you can use the below-mentioned link