Mental Health - November 2006

My husband and I have been married ten years. We've had a strong marriage and we've always been so happy. He's had depression for years but medication has made it tolerable for him. Recently it's gotten much, much worse. He's now withdrawn from everyone. He says he doesn't feel connected to me or any of his friends or any of his family.

He says he's "committed to our marriage" but in the next breath he says he "just wants to be left alone." He says he doesn't enjoy anything. He doesn't want to go out of the house. He literally just wants to lay there and be left alone. He's just started new medication but is frustrated because it isn't working immediately.

I've heard of marriages ending because of depression. What's worse, even when I tell him that I'll stick with him through everything, he says he just doesn't feel any "connection" to me. Is there any hope that this will turn around? I love him so much. Is there anything I can do to get us through this?

2006-11-13 07:55:09 · 9 answers · asked by Trinity I 1

and am more or les stable, but not happy about my life either...soon I´ll be 32 and am I thinking about having a baby ..(I am married).maybe that will make me feel that my life has a purpose, but what if I still feel unhappy??? I don´t want my children to have a depressed mother, that seems very unfair to me..what do you think??thank you for your answers....

2006-11-13 07:46:57 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

OK, I am still trying to hang on. Meds should kick in within a week and I hope they will give me enough relief so I can start looking at my situation. Pills aren't the answer but I hope they will help.The psychologist says the depression is still distorting my thought process. (Nothing organic going on, it is all situational or episodic.) She doesn't feel I am safe to be alone but I have lost everything and it is still next to impossible to reach out to friends although I am forcing myself to try. I do all the "right" things but I am isolating a lot and I just can't picture a life like this. The worse time is from 3am on when I feel extremely anxious and desperate. I'm losing it. I feel worse than I did 6 weeks ago. I don't see a sliver of light. I'm falling and I don't want to help myself! Ugh.
Comments anyone?

2006-11-13 07:42:25 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is is a psychological thing.

I do it alot, especially when I am on the phone.

I tend to draw 3-d boxes around words mainly.

2006-11-13 07:26:05 · 26 answers · asked by Rebz 5

I get so stressed so easily over things i have no control over and my patience...well i don't have much of that.What are some good mechanisms that you use to help cope with stress in your life???

2006-11-13 07:16:42 · 12 answers · asked by serenity 2

I've been like this for a month
and my life is passing by
I'm thinking "Is this phase gonna end sometime...

...Or is this what its gonna b like for years!
NOOooooo!"

2006-11-13 07:05:14 · 14 answers · asked by Rambo 1

I'm doing some research on it for a class and just wondered what the general public thought of it.

2006-11-13 07:04:17 · 11 answers · asked by SadToday22 3

Besides lithium, what is the best medication for treating the lows as well as the highs. I'm taking topamax and am wondering if there is better medicine out there.

2006-11-13 06:58:42 · 6 answers · asked by Rockford 7

My bf is pretty good with computers although, that was not his line of work, he bought a program that can keep track of everything going on in my computer, not that i'm doing anything wrong, he hasnt seen anything except from offline from strangers i dont even know, that has sexual innuendos...i have real friends that are just there to chat and have fun...then someone called at my cell...which he heard the voice mail...he got really upset, logged in in my old email account...checked my new YM account and took their SN's and sent them e-mails one by one....most were ok..not knowing what he was talking about..but preferred to stop communicating with me b ecause of the psycho bf...but some got pretty angry, which i understand...but i sure hope that they know it was not me e-mailing them....as it was mean and insinuating something that i havent really done...

2006-11-13 06:38:03 · 9 answers · asked by ♦cat 6

i've had serious depression/anxiety for many years...i've tried many medications and none have worked and they all have terrible side effects, also my husband and i would like to have a baby and none of the medicaitons are safe for pregnancy.....i've also tried therapy for years and it doesn't seem to help.....
i'm wondering if there are any other options for me....????

2006-11-13 06:10:15 · 12 answers · asked by SNAP! 4

I am pretty depressed. Honestly, I have been searching for half a year and I am losing hope..especially since it is winter time. Anyone have ways to cope?

2006-11-13 06:09:05 · 11 answers · asked by Mav17 5

Is there an old saying about that?

2006-11-13 06:00:29 · 7 answers · asked by hardworkur84 2

Hi. I need good answers and no "google it" for I cannot seems to find anything through those search services.
My friend had a baby in July & has been going through post pardum depression since. She is out of work, bi-polar & has no health insurance. Her husband is working 60 hrs a week & they are still broke. Her 16yr daughter has taken a yr off of school to help out w/the baby, but the house is still a mess (from the move in July & I show up weekly to help out) & the girl does not help out much. My friend & her man are fighting all of the time, & she is loosing it fast. Are there any over the counter meds for her condition that won't hurt the baby? Or services in Baltimore, MD that will help with the meds? Please help! And no suggestions about foster care, the system here is over crowded & underfunded.

2006-11-13 05:34:35 · 1 answers · asked by speranzacampbell 5

2006-11-13 05:08:04 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

is there ne one out there that cuts himself or herself...i wanna no if anyone feels my pain and sorrow on a similar level...i dont wanna hear bs about go get help blah blah plz or ppl that just want their two points! i would like a considerate answer becuase i have the desire to start doing it again and am curious who feels the same. do not piss and moan over my question and dont preach to me i used to when i was eighteen im nineteen now and feel like i need an emotional escape.

2006-11-13 04:05:23 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

i tried his medicine today concerta and I feel better

2006-11-13 04:01:53 · 3 answers · asked by Country Girl 3

2006-11-13 03:56:14 · 5 answers · asked by elenitsa!!!! 1

We lost our stepsister a year ago to heroin....she was only 17. I'm so scared my sister will be next.

2006-11-13 03:46:43 · 17 answers · asked by Ang 1

2006-11-13 03:34:30 · 3 answers · asked by shiner 1

own and not classed as a mental health problem? I am concerned that that word Mental has connitations and that it is unfair to a person who suffers from depression. Am I wrong in my thinking and how do you see it? Or is it something you have never given a great deal of thought about.

Just to remind you that mental health problems effects 1 in 4 of us during our lives and can strike at any time. And would you like to be classed as mental if you suffered or you knew someone who suffered from depression.

2006-11-13 02:58:39 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am 19 obessed with how I look and what others think of me. On Saturday I asked a girl I like if she would like to go out with me she said no. I've never had a girl friend before. I am obsessed with my weigh I am 5ft 6 weigh 57kg want to drop to 53kgs. I feel fat even though my underwear and jean size is small I am a 28ins waist. I think I suffer more than depression . Besides the sadness the constant I am not good enough thoughts going through my mind I have feelings that I am ugly and diserve to stay single that thats my punishement. I have a karate comp on Sunday it's my first biggie karate is the only thing I was ever told I was good at so I am afraid incase I am terrible. I'm just looking for a friend.

2006-11-13 02:46:21 · 9 answers · asked by davidleeryan 2

What are some ways I can learn to look on the bright side of life and not be so depressed and stressed? Has anyone experienced this and what did you do?

2006-11-13 02:44:11 · 16 answers · asked by Cheyne 1

2006-11-13 02:26:44 · 10 answers · asked by jcutler0622 1

I love this beautiful, wonderful woman and I know the feelings are mutual, but it seems like she won't let herself experience or express that feeling. She is really not commited to anything in life. She works hard, but I really think it's only to try and forget that she is avoiding commitment. I am just wondering if anyone can shed light or share experiences on fear of commitment. How does it manifest itself? Has anyone had success dealing with it? I want to hope, but I don't really know what I'm getting into. I know I can't change her or help her unless she asks for it. I am just hoping to set some reasonable expectations for myself if I choose to pursue this further.

2006-11-13 02:15:58 · 5 answers · asked by randyken 6

I've been going through months of emotional and mental stress with three different problems I'm trying to iron out. For the past two weeks, I've been feeling a deep-down physical exhaustion from all the stress. Vitamins aren't helping with the exhaustion and tiredness. Any suggestions besides spending money going to the doctor?

2006-11-13 02:10:56 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

How old were you when it started and what do you think brought it on/caused it?

2006-11-13 01:55:33 · 8 answers · asked by wendygirl1000 2

is there any techniques that can help this (avoid giving me suggestions of medicines...i am a pagan and it does not go well with my religion)

2006-11-13 01:54:51 · 5 answers · asked by brendan conder 1

I don't know what is wrong with me. I am 36 years old and I went away with my girlfriend's for a weekend away. We went out for dinner and had a couple drinks. I came back to the hotel room, and I could not sleep all night? I feel like anything that is a change to my schedule causes me anxiety maybe? Or was it the alcohol? This is not the first time either. Every time I go away somewhere, I can not sleep the entire night either. But I am usually having a couple of drinks also. Which is it? I want to be able to travel once in a while..... Help

2006-11-13 01:50:19 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have had an eating disorder for 6 years now, i self harm and am depressed. Recently ive been having suicidal thoughts again, the last time i had these thoughts i tryed to commit suicide but then i lied to the doctors but the admited me anyway.
Should i admit myself before i go to far this time?
Please help!!

2006-11-13 01:41:47 · 23 answers · asked by silver_diamonds_aby 1

Ok I have asked this question before although not many came with thorough an informative answers that would really help me, and I'm really trying to seek help with this.

I always like to be alone, without people around me, just sittting in front of the computer. Everytime my parents and my brother go out, I don't like going with them at all, in fact I barely go with them. Something else I have a problem with is that I don't really talk to people outside of the family, I'm awlays pretty shy and just look at the ground so that no one can see my face, with a cap on top to cover myself. In school everyone calls me a ghost because they don't even know I'm there and I don't talk to them either, I don't want to either, because all they talk about is soccer and bad stuff, and I'm not interested. Teachers always look at me and sorta see the face of mine which says: Help Me!

2006-11-13 01:30:09 · 5 answers · asked by No Name 1