Michelle1 feels profoundly changed by becoming a mother, having a son, and having had severe depression.

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Interviewer: Do you feel like yourself again now?

No. I’m trying to wean off the Zoloft. I felt like myself when I was on a higher dose of Zoloft but I don’t want to be on the medication forever. So, I still have some anxiety now, now that I’m on the lower dose. And I don’t know how I feel about that term. I don’t know how I feel about the question of feeling like myself again because I, I mean I’m always me but I’m profoundly changed by both experiences, by having a son and being a mother and by having had such severe depression where I had no desire to even get out of bed. Those have profoundly affected me as a person and changed the way I look at things.

Before my son was born I prayed for him every single night because I was so thankful that I was allowed or I had this baby, this healthy baby. And I’m getting back to that point. When he was born I didn’t care that he was here. And now that I’m getting well again, I think that’s a better term, I’m getting well again, I’m very thankful that he’s here and I’m starting to enjoy life again.

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