All 30 interviews are now transcribed and I am going through them one by one.  I am listening to and editing each transcription to ensure the accuracy of transcription, to put it into the paper format that I want to work with and importantly to increase my familiarity with the data. 

I am beginning to identify early themes from each transcript, a lot of stuff around causes of depression, acceptance of the biochemical cause of depression as presented by the GP as an acceptable reason for taking antidepressants, fear of stopping antidepressants, fascinating analogies relating antidepressants to a 'crutch', a 'friend' or a 'foe' depending on their role in the illness trajectory, depression as a positive life experience, depression as the beginning of a trajectory towards dementia and/or madness, recovery models which may or may not include continued use of antidepressants.  Ideas that are beginning to emerge which I want to explore further are the need to have a physical reason for a mental illness, individuals recovery models, and constructs of self and the effect of depression and antidepressants on personal constructs.