Jonathan Martin Goddard's diary

You may recall that I was arrested back in January, and then I put in a complaint. The story has come to a close and it turns out that it was a lawful arrest and detention. I'm still not right after it, but it's a learning process, amirite?
I thought I'd use this experience as a way of sharing some understanding of the law in all its intricacies. It turns out that you can be arrested and locked up for up to 24 hours on the say-so of one person, regardless of supporting evidence. This is on the grounds that a signed statement is legally evidence and assumed to be a true account of events. In my case, I knew it was all rubbish, but the police didn't. They are legally obliged to follow up any allegations and that usually means arresting and questioning the suspect.
The officer assigned to my complaint explained the reasons for my arrest and I have to grudgingly admit that he's right, but hell, I was in agony and I nearly went insane. I'm still on a knife-edge emotionally, but that's not the police's fault.
I'm also going to share, for the first time, what it feels like to live with clinical depression. I'm sure most people can guess, or already know, but I'm hoping that by sharing, I can lose some of the weight from my shoulders.
I recently started taking anti-depressant medication and I can't even tell if they're working. Some days I feel cheery and chipper and other days I feel like I'm staring over the edge of a cliff. It's an old cliché but so apt. I'm hoping that the meds are starting to work, because I'm sick of feeling like this.
I've been depressed for probably about ten years, but I was only diagnosed in September. Since then I've been getting worse, which makes me wonder if I should have gone to get diagnosed.
The worst thing about my mind is that I'm constantly trying to figure out what's wrong with me, which can escalate my problems as I start to fret about these things on top of my existing depression.
I'm sorry for blathering on, but I'm hoping that someone else out there can help me, or that someone else can see there's others like them.