View Single Post
 
Old Sep 21, 2016, 01:15 PM
Skeezyks's Avatar
Skeezyks Skeezyks is offline
Disreputable Old Troll
 
Member Since: Oct 2015
Location: The Star of the North
Posts: 32,762
Hello Jadenmia1: I'm sorry you & your husband are having such a difficult time. As you are probably aware, we here on PC cannot diagnose your husband. That is a job for mental health professionals.

So I believe the next step is to get your husband in to see either a psychiatrist or a mental health therapist... one or the other. Most psychiatrists only prescribe & monitor psych med's. (I don't know how things work where you live.) In order for your husband to have an opportunity to talk about what is going on with him, he'll in all likelihood need to see a mental health therapist. This person could be a psychologist. But s/he could also be a therapist with some other type of educational background.

It may also be useful to have your husband see his primary care doctor. (If you have health insurance & want them to cover the costs, they may require your husband to be referred by his primary care doctor. Check with your insurer to make sure you understand what their requirements are.) However, apart from being referred on to a psychiatrist or therapist, your husband's primary care doctor may not be of much help in this situation. From what you wrote it sounds as though this is probably a mental health issue. Your husband appears to be struggling with a serious case of depression & anxiety, along with some suicidal thinking. So it is important to have what's going on with him addressed. I wish you both well...