Cate
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2 series
first heard Feb 2025
last heard 25 Mar
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Mm hmm.
And I think... Yeah, like I said, I vividly remember you go to your OB, answer like a little spreadsheet, yes or no questions, one out of ten. And they're like, oh, you're okay, or oh, you're mild, or oh, you're severe. And it's like, well, here, go, you know, you have to get on Zoloft or whatever. And it's like, yeah, okay, but... What about support groups or psychiatrists or just counseling?
I don't know because, I mean, when I was in treatment and the doctor there was like, I think you should know, do you want to do genetic testing? And he explained it to me about how, yeah, you don't have to do the guinea pig stuff and you find out what works for your body. I was like, abso-fucking-lutely.
Yeah, my insurance wouldn't cover it, but I was like, I don't care. Like, that's important to me. And then I got the results back and he was like, you were on 200 milligrams of Zoloft and your body was only metabolizing like 20, 25 milligrams. And I was on the highest dose and I was like, oh my gosh, it makes complete sense.
And even with him, he was like, of course, you're still experiencing all these things, even when you're doing therapy and stuff. And so...
They weren't gone. And now we know why. And then when my results came back that the medication I was taking wasn't even working for my body, we switched my medications, all of that, continued on with therapy. And honestly, it literally changed my life.
Changed my life. Because now I'm on the lowest dose of an antidepressant medicine that you can take. And I don't feel like a zombie. I still have emotions and feelings. I can still have conversations. And I just feel... Honestly, it saved my life, I feel like.
Yeah, it really... It changed my life, for sure. And I think, you know... it's been a journey for me, but I feel like it, people are always, you know, I see people say like, Oh, you're, you were so selfish and you left Tyler to take on everything. And I'm glad you were. And yada, yada, yada.
But I, my whole thing too, going into it though, was like, if I'm not a hundred percent me, I can't even be nothing for my children, let alone my husband or myself. Like I want to be the best that I can be, you know?
I had to do it. And believe me, it ain't no fucking vacation or walk, like a cakewalk when you're at those places. There was lots of tearful nights, tearful days, clinging onto Nova's little stuffed animal all the time. You know what I mean? Because you're working, it's very intense.
very and you're missing your family and your family can't always come to for visits and you know fuck I was there for fucking Christmas when you like that shit sucked Thanksgiving you know what I mean like it fucking sucked but I knew I had to do it for myself so that way I could be 100% me to then show up as a wife and as a mom um and It was scary, but it definitely... It changed my life.
And I've commented or even said stuff to people before where I'm like, oh, okay, so Nova could have a mom that was gone for six weeks, 12 weeks, or she could have a dead mom.
So...
Well, you could tell that I was okay. I was getting my shit to... You're good.
We're always going to be criticized.
And it wasn't about... Which, by the way, he actually spent the night at my house a lot. He couldn't leave. Ha! I was like, I thought we were supposed to be, like, separated, and you're still coming over here every night. I couldn't help it. I can't help it.
And I know it was hard for you too. Like it was a hard thing, you know? Um, but I feel like I was like, if you feel like that's something that you need for yourself, um, then do it.
I was like, he loves me. But I do remember there was a part of me, like when I was at my mom's one time and, um, my friend showed up at my mom's house and I remember like crying and I was like, What if he divorces me? Who's going to want to be with somebody who has two kids? I was so scared. Remember how I would most of the time be like, you're going to divorce me.
Yeah, and I was like, that's bullshit.
And you deserved the time to – I mean, yeah, because me leaving put a lot – On your shoulders.
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