I take sertraline for what I would call mild depression but I don’t know if that’s right - I’ve nnever spoken in detail with a dr or therapist about it - only told my doctor how I felt and got prescribed anti depressants. I never felt therapy would help as there is no cause other than the ‘chemical imbalance’

I have been happy, probably happier than I’ve ever been, the last few months. I moved to a new part of the country where I live in a houseshare with my best friend and his friend. I’m going to uni as a mature student here next year, have a job I enjoy enough and pays the bills etc. My medication seems to have been working. I’m still usually happy as but recently, I’m getting bouts of feel very lonely and depressed. They last maybe a night or a day, but they feel overwhelming and I get thoughts of moving back home, I wouldn’t say I think about suicide in terms of actually doing it, but thoughts do enter my head (I don’t know if that makes sense. I don’t feel like I am going to kill myself). I don’t know how valid this loneliness is - like I said I live with my friend and his friend and hang out with friends of them often enough, go out for drinks etc - my social life isn’t busy but I’ve never been the type to have a crazy social life and hundreds of friends, I’m happy that way. But when these bouts of loneliness come I often find myself thinking of the fact I have no friends here who aren’t friends of friends... so I end up feeling like I’m just a tag along, a spare part. When I’m feeling happy this doesn’t bother me, but when I feel low (which I am tonight as I’m sure you can tell) it’s all I think about.

I don’t know how to handle these bouts - I’m on medication so I can’t go to the doctor and ask for that, I don’t know what else I can do. I know everyone feels sad and low sometimes but mine are intense and overwhrlming and I often overreact to things my friends do when I’m having a low day. I don’t know what to do?

Sorry this is a ramble and probably makes no sense, I just needed to get it out and speak to people who might have had a similar experience?