I've gotten very depressed. For a few years now, I've been my boyfriend's main caretaker. I get some help, but not enough to let me go home to my own place. I don't know if I can continue doing this. If I could just get a break.

There's respite arrangements available. He won't get as good care as he gets from me when I'm doing my best. But it'll be better than nothing. I'm doing him little good today.

Maybe I can call the VA home care program he's in and tell them someone else has to step in because I'm depleted. I feel like a failure.