Hello, Beatpeace!
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My husband is depressed and stopped taking his meds, cold turkey after being on them for 22 years.
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Cold turkey after 22 years -- wow! What caused that? Do you know? It's possible you can't know, so here's where calling for help from his doctor
[Thanks, Perna!] may be critically important.
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What can I do to make him realize how much he is hurting [his family]?
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As you know, depression is an illness of irrationalities. He may not currently be able to "realize" anything approaching useful truth. Given what you've already tried to accomplish, it may be time to conserve your energies for yourself and your children while entrusting your husband to higher and expert hands.
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He is going downhill fast...
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Only as you wish, could you offer some of the details of his deterioration?
Wishing you and your whole family peace...
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