a) husband has managed his depression for over a year now, with the help of Lexapro and therapy
b) although he loves his Lexapro, he is awful about doing things like getting refills on time, making his own dr. appointments, etc. He was diagnosed with ADD and took Strattera for a while, his prescription ran out and he never manages to make an appointment with his new doctor, so can't get it refilled
c) so, he's been off Lexapro (cold turkey) for almost a week, and the bad habits have started again. I really thought with all of the therapy, he had kind of kicked them.
d) today, he has done NOTHING. N. O. T. H. I. N. G. even though we are under a huge time crunch to get some mandatory stuff done to the house before we leave for a vacation on Wednesday
e) I asked him to help and he said 'ok', but continued reading a magazine.
f) 1/2 hour later, he makes a call to get the Lexapro refill. The pharmacy number was apparently swamped, because he sat there for a good 5 minutes.
g) I suggested that he take the cordless speaker phone so he could get stuff done in the meantime. He said he couldn't do that.
h) 15 minutes later, he is still in here, laying on the floor staring at the ceiling, with the corded speaker phone on while I was trying to do my homework and watch/help the contractor rip out a wall.
g) so I couldn't fume and scream all kinds of obscenities, I gave up on my homework, left the room, and proceeded to do one of the tasks that needs to get done before we left. It's kind of a "guy" task, but it wasn't too difficult; however, I was still fuming because I was doing something that in my opinion, a good husband would have considered it to be his responsibility (assumption, yes I know. Not clear communication)
h) 30 minutes later (4:30pm), I go inside and he is in bed with the door closed. I asked him if his prescription was ready, and he said he hung up before they picked up. Why? Because I was being mean to him. Huh????????
i) he stayed in bed for the next hour
j) he came downstairs and apologized
k) I asked him to help me and he said he had to eat something. Didn't offer to get me anything even though we ate at the same time several hours earlier
l) I finished all of the "guy" tasks and came inside to find him sitting on the couch reading a magazine.
m) the therapist just called -- we had left her a message earlier in the day asking if we could postpone our appointment, because my husband said he thought we had too much stuff to do. Anyway, she called back and said she'd only charge me for 1/2 of the fee. All that and he still didn't do any work.
I don't know what to do.