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Originally Posted by adam_k
The last couple weeks have been pretty miserable for me. Nothing is really wrong in my life, but I feel worthless and I am losing hope of being happy. I have been going to therapy and marriage counseling and my T advice is to talk to my wife about what I am feeling. I try doing that and sometimes it helps. I am worried she will get tired of hearing it and she will just give up on me. I feel so uselss. It hard to think and I feel exhausted. The meds give me sleeping problems and my doctor gave me some meds to help that too, but I am affraid to take it. The med she gave me is another antidepressent (trazodone). It is supposed to have a calming sedative effect. I am weary to take an antidepressant randomly for sleep. I didn't fall asleep until around 430 last night and I woke up at 7.
I am worried that my wife will get tired if hearing all the crap about how bad I feel. I feel like a black cloud of misery at the moment. I think about hurting myself too much, and I'm not sure why. It's nothing new and I couldn't do that to my wife. I just feel miserable and unable to cope with it at the moment. I just want to go home and sleep.
I was looking at my insurance and my current T isn't part of my health network. I can't afford to see her. It would he 500 a month out of my own pocket and I can't afford that at moment. My doctor also said she didn't want go keep changing my meds and is reccomending me to a psychiatrist. I feel angry at her and I don't want to have to deal with it. I just want to give up.
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Hi Adam K
So sorry that you are going through such a difficult time. I have chronic depression, and know how it feels to have that black cloud around all the time. Living with depression is very tiring and the body does get weary .
I have been taking Effexor for over 7 years now, and it has helped tremendously . I also take alprazolam at night, and it does help me sleep through the night
I have never felt the need to talk about what I have with a therapist, as I just feel sad with the depression, but nothing else going on in my life contributes to my sadness. Does that make sense
I, too am married to a wonderful man who has lived with me through all of this for 45 years -- he has been a wonderful support for me -- I have also worried at times if I am being a burden. But, seriously, for me, the med has been all I need to keep me on track.
Keep in touch, and, please, take care. This is a terrific website for support and comfort