need to chat with people that truley understand what is happening to me…need to network and feel heard
I’m at my end. Apparently I have fought this illness for years but has gotten worse. I’ve lost great jobs, family stays away and my husband wants to leave me because he says he can’t take it any more.
deaths of close family members from early childhood, to present, and childhood molestation. I believe are the catalysts for my having little willpower, unable to focus on proper diet, and losing weight, difficulty in staying smokefree.
My mother has been suffering from severe depression since 1992. She has been hospitalized about every 5-7 years for 30 days. Well now she moved and had to see different doctor. My parents have major money issues. My mom had to be hospitalized because she totally shut down. She has to be reminded to go to the bathroom, eat, and get dressed. She has been in and out of hospital for the past 7 months. Started to improve after 45 days then my dad had a heart attack and had to have open heart surgery. Now she is worse then ever before. The doctors have tried several different medicines. Also cut her off medicine cold turkey. That was huge mistake! Now she is back in the hospital. The doctors think she has demincia. We think they just want to give up and put her into a nursing home. She is 63 years old and never once forgot things (like who we are, birthdays, or her money problems). The doctors say that since she forgot how to take care of herself that she has demincia. When she has a mistake in her pants she know as soon as it is happening. I feel that if she had demincia she wouldn’t even be aware of going to the bathroom. Some times she does make it to the bathroom. We need any advise we can get at this point.
I HAVE SUFFERED MY WHOLE LIFE WITH DEPRESSION BUT WAS RECENTLY DIAGNOSISED WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER. IT HAS MADE MY LIFE A LIVING HELL. EVERYONE LOOKS AT ME DIFFERENT. THEY THINK I’M CRAZY OR INSANE NOW. I’M THE SAME PERSON AS I WAS BEFORE I WAS DIAGNOSISED. THE MEDS HAVE HELPED TREMENDILOUSLY. I BELIEVE THAT IS A MAJOR KEY IN RECOVERY. EVERYDAY IS A CHALLENGE. I LIVE HOUR TO HOUR DAY TO DAY AND HOPE I GET THROUGH IT. I HATE ALL THE EMOTIONS. I HATE THE UPS AND DOWNS. I HATE HAVING A 31/2 YEAR OLD BEAUTIFUL LITTLE GIRL THAT SEES WHAT IS HAPPENING TO HER MOMMY. ALONG WITH THIS I AM HAVING MARITIAL PROBLEMS. NO LOVE NO COMMUNICATION. IT HURTS WHEN YOUR SPOUSE DOESNT SUPPORT YOUR PROBLEM. WE ARE VERY DISTANT. WE STARTED THERAPY. I’M NOT SURE IF IT IS TO LATE. I HAVE FALLEN OUT OF LOVE WITH HIM. I HAVE TRIED FOR MONTHS TO GET HIM TO GO TO COUNSELING AND ON WEEKEND TRIPS WITH ME BUT NOW HE WANTS EVERYTHING TO BE PERFECT AND NORMAL. HE HAS BEEN ABUSIVE. NOTHING WILL EVER BE NORAML.
I WOULD APPRECIATE SOMEONE WITH THE SAME SITUATION TO CONTACT ME SO WE COULD TALK AND GET SOME INPUT ON WHAT I SHOULD DO.
trying to help a spouse and the family get through this time of helplessness not knowing how to get through the day.
I am a new mom living with postpartum depression.
I am a young mother (mid 20’s) of four children; ages 6yrs, 4yrs, 3yrs, and 5 months. I have been happily married for 7 years. I suffer from GAD and depression. It has had a grip on me since giving birth to my fourth child 5 months ago. I am currently taking prozac and buspar. I have alot of anxiety (thinking something horrible is going to happen to myself or someone I love). I would like to speak with others who suffer from these same conditions. Maybe by talking to others who are going through the same thing will help me understand my own anxiety.
I’m a lot like Maxine - old and used up.
I’d had depression for at least40 years; dx with it approx.15-20 yrs ago, this past holiday season was extremely difficult…help
im a very outgoing person i just feel so lonely.
I am a 41 yr. old…Manager for Sears Portrait Studio…I have been dealing with depression off and on for yrs…
Where do I begin?? I could start w/ the sexual abuse from 4 - 6 or my first sexual experience as a young adult at the age of 15 which was rape. Rape repeatedly for 6 months and when I finally told my mom she didn’t believe me. She was arrested for having an affair with this 15 year old boy who was destroying my life. Ever since I have dealt with depression, PTSD, nightmeres, flashbacks…and therapy does not seem to help at all. I trust no one and even sabotage good relationships with men when they get to close. My father blames me for my parents divorce and my mom, well she lives in la la land and sees where she did nothing wrong. To them, it is ALL my fault. I am 29 now with two amazing boys and taking one day at a time. I hope to meet people here that know what it is like to want to stay in bed all day sometimes. I just want some people I can trust.
Down for years. Affecting both my personal life and career.
Although i have never been medically diagnosed i believe quite strongly that i am living with post partum depression. My son will be a year old on the 30th of this month and i feel like an emotional wreck. In case i forgot to mention i am with child again and have no idea if i will ever get out of this depression so i am able to be a better mother to my children. thanks for listening.
I desperately need help from others to see what kind of medicines have helped others with similair problems. I have borderline personality disorder and anxiety disorder.
I’ve been told that I’m bipolar, but I stay very depressed most of the time. The obsessive worrying has driven me to several suicide attempts.
I would like to connect with people that have major depression that have had treatment with ongoing therapy and meds and yet their’ is in only in partial remission.
I have had a hospitalization, and was diagnosed with hypo-mania last July.
I have gone back into the stressful enviroment at work that existed prior to “my nervous breakdown”… For some reason I feel that it might be possible for another episode to be triggered. I have a very manipulative and controlling supervisor at work. Currently, I am starting to have panic attacks that wake me up from sleep. I wish I could find friends and support and acceptance and maybe understanding through other people’s experience.
I have suffered with depression consistently since 1984 and am looking for hope and new ideas to help me conquer this once and for all.
My depression stems mainly from abuse and lots of loss and disappointments. I hope to meet others who understand and to learn what helps others. Thank you.
I am isolated and missing true intimacy
I need to learn about symptoms of bipolar/ depression. I suspect my wife is, but am not sure. Nobody from family really wants to be “involved”. I’ve been involved in 12 step programs for 9 yrs.(NA, ect.) This forum may be the seed that gets her help?