Mirian never received a questionnaire or a diagnosis when she reached out for help.

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And I did have symptoms. It wasn’t just an ‘if’ thing. You know? Like, I did feel like I had symptoms of postpartum depression the second time as well. And so it was a good thing that at least I had the therapist. But then again, I asked the doctor about medication and she refused. And so I felt like I’m on my own but this time I’m going to do the therapy. You know? So that’s the only treatment, like, the official treatment I can tell that I did.

But also this psychotherapist never did a questionnaire or anything to diagnose me. I don’t even know if she would have been able to do that if it was her role. But I wasn’t diagnosed by her, by my family doctor, by anyone. You know? Like, it was just self-diagnosis.

Interviewer: Yeah. Thank you so much. You’ve gone through so many different things in the last few years. So sorry to hear that. And just to start maybe with the diagnosis part that you mentioned at the end, would it have been important for you to have had the diagnosis? What would have been the difference for you?

I think so. And that maybe I should have pushed my psychotherapist to answer questions regarding any diagnosis because I want to know. I wanted to have known if it really was depression or if it was baby blues or if it was something else altogether because I think even though it gets worse during the postpartum phase it could be something that could stick for years and maybe have an impact on me for years, for the rest of my life. And so maybe it would have been good. And maybe – well, I don’t know. I don’t know. I think I might still go after that in the future in case I have depression symptoms. But I think it would have been good to be sure. I think so.

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