/community/emoticons/smile.gif /community/emoticons/smile.gif faithfully4you -- So lovely to hear from you!! I feel we are soul mates - going through the same things at the same time!! Our school...
/community/emoticons/smile.gif /community/emoticons/smile.gif I agree with Darren Angel - you are coping looking after your 2 children and I'm glad you have a place in a special school - that should...
/community/emoticons/eyes.gif Angel - how old are your children? Mine are 6 and 3 1/2 - a real handful. How do you cope with the autism and adhd? I hope your school is supportive. That your other...
/community/emoticons/smile.gif /community/emoticons/smile.gif Thanks Angel - I get anxiety too - with me the depression and anxiety sometimes go hand in hand - some days one is worse than the other....
/community/emoticons/smile.gif /community/emoticons/smile.gif faithfully4you - I so agree - we have been cheated by depression - I find each day a challenge - some days I can cope - some days I want...
/community/emoticons/smile.gif Thanks for the advice everyone - I am coming off Reboxetine and starting Cymbalta next week - hoping for NO sickness or weight gain - I really like the idea of reduced...
/community/emoticons/smile.gif /community/emoticons/smile.gif Thanks americandancer - I am starting on 30mg - then up to 60mg a few weeks later. I can cope with sickness, and will remember to drink...
/community/emoticons/confused.gif Can you go to your friends cabin again? Without your littlest one? they are handfuls and you can never relax with small kiddies I know. I'm just potty training my...
/community/emoticons/smile.gif Feeling positive is really hard sometimes - I've read so many books on depression and have learnt lots but it hasn't made me thik more positively. You need to find a...
/community/emoticons/confused.gif /community/emoticons/confused.gif I have just been prescribed Duloxetine / Cymbalta. I don't know anything about this drug and wondered if anyone had had good...
/community/emoticons/eyes.gif I feel just like you both xxxx Don't want hugs, don't want to be hugged - maybe we will get back to being 'ok' again. I hope you are both having a 'good' day today - it...
/community/emoticons/smile.gif I know your running out of hope and I do understand the 'I see how much she is hurting and I'd do anything to help' bit too. Please remember it's important for you to...
/community/emoticons/sad.gif Oh your situation is such a mess - you are right - she has to see it's her problem. You seem to have friends who support you - if you trust their opinion listen to them...
/community/emoticons/smile.gif You are sane - it's just some of the world is mad! I hope you have a chat with her and decide to go to counselling. My husband and I went to family therapy and it...
/community/emoticons/confused.gif /community/emoticons/confused.gif The Dr Phil show??? Is she mad?? I can't believe she'd agree to that but not to counselling. She is a little crazy - is she...
/community/emoticons/sad.gif You've been through the wars lately haven't you? You seem to have thought it out quite a lot and have taken a lot of advice from friends here and elsewhere. Whatever...
/community/emoticons/sad.gif My last message said I hope you can spend some time with your family - well they really looked after you!! I don't think so - they have been very selfish - when you were...
/community/emoticons/smile.gif Do the walls work? I hope you have knocked down a few walls for one or two friends and family - you aren't completly alone I hope xx I have one very close friend who I...
/community/emoticons/sad.gif Yes it can - Libbygirl. Feeling lonely is the hardest thing. I know just where you are coming from with the trust thing - I told a good friend I had depression and she...
/community/emoticons/smile.gif Thank-you so much faithfully4you - that's me to a tea!!!!! I love my kids but sometimes wish I didn't have kids. I see mums playing in the park and I have no energy to...
/community/emoticons/sad.gif I have the patience of a tiny little bug i.e. NONE! One of my pet hates is the phrase 'Shut up!' i try never to use it with my kids - it means I've lost control. I have...
I understand how you feel - trult I do. At least you rang a helpline for help -I hope they did! I haven't the courage to ask for help. I just do as you said and wait for the days when my husband is...
Yeah - I've had CBt which was great for a while. I'm seeing a therapist and am hoping to be put on the waiting list for individual psychotherapy - have a FEW issues in my head I need to sort! I...
Restless, I am so sorry the cancer is back. You need to take one day at a time and hang on in there. Take joy in what you can and make some time for you to be with people who you care about - your...
/community/emoticons/smile.gif Shy - thanks for your message - I hope there is a light at the end of the tunnel!! You must have been very patient dealing with a bipolar son. I really worry about my...
/community/emoticons/tongue.gif Thanks so much for your kind words - I especially like the 'Hallmark' mum bit - I am definately NOT one of those. It's hard to stop the negative thoughts when you...
/community/emoticons/eyes.gif /community/emoticons/eyes.gif When you have depression, it's hard enough looking after yourself isn't it? I'm not really eating right, I'm not exercising at all and I...
/community/emoticons/smile.gif He does love you - deep down you know that - it's just the depression making it so hard to believe in that and trust in that. I am so up and down it's crazy - I have 2...
/community/emoticons/sad.gif Oh goodness - you are living each day thinking - when will she leave? Can you really live like that? How do you protect your children from your sombre moods? I don't...
/community/emoticons/confused.gif Do you want there to be a chance? You sound so mixed up the last few postings - I understand why and hope it works out for you - the way YOU want it and not just...
/community/emoticons/eyes.gif I read your post and thought - THAT'S ME!! I am just like you - especially the 'you are lucky to get a cuddle' bit. I can't bear to hugs and kiss my husband - and that...
/community/emoticons/eyes.gif Have read your posts and am sending you prayers and hugs. I have a 6 year old daughter - and I know my depression really affects her. I hope and pray I don't still have...
/community/emoticons/eyes.gif Talk all you want here at Healing Well - I read your last message and don't know what to say except I am so sorry about what happened to you. I suffered so much...
You are amazing - hang on in there. I have a very tenuous relationship with my mother - but in times of need we are there for each other. You need to be there for your kids right now - you are doing...
/community/emoticons/smile.gif Sounds as if the therapy sessions helped - good! At least she might listen to an outsider's point of view - which in her mind isn't biased! At the moment it sounds as...
/community/emoticons/eyes.gif I read your "sigh" and i sighed with you in sympathy. I read your messages but they just don't seem real - I can't believe this is happening. I know it is, but from a...
/community/emoticons/nono.gif Don't feel guilty - you are amazing! Coping with the load you have is incredulous - you inspire me. Here I am feeling stressed about being on holiday for my kids for 6...
/community/emoticons/tongue.gif Thank you for being there for me - without this website I would have run away from all my problems months ago - still feel like running actually but come on here and...
/community/emoticons/smile.gif Keep talking - you need support and if your daughter isn't there for you - find friends, family and this website - there are people out there who can help. Boiling...
/community/emoticons/confused.gif Same message as darren - when is enough? You need to decide what you can cope with - she can't honestly expect you to look after her and the kids whilst she saves...
/community/emoticons/confused.gif You need to go to the doctor and get some proper help - without sleep you cannot cope - I know this!!! Please tell you doctor if you can - maybe he/she can offer...
/community/emoticons/smile.gif Am sorry not to have been in touch - have been away visiting relatives. Wow - I go away for a while and look what happens? Hang on in there - being there for your kids...
Yes she will see that you have always been there for her - but a marriage is a two way thing - she needs to help too. here's hoping it all works out....
/community/emoticons/tongue.gif I agree - without you what would she do? You will see alight at the end of the tunnel -some day. Am so glad the book helped - your Eureka moment made me smile :)...
Thanks slappy7 and replystreet. I have changed meds quite a lot as they seem to stop working - I didn't realise this was 'normal'. I so want to find one that works and stick with it. The ones that...
Something in her head is holding her back- her depression. My husband and I tried couples therapy where we both sat down and talked to a trained psychologist who helpedhim to understand where my...
/community/emoticons/tongue.gif You are so right about less stressful - kiddies or work --um!! CBT didn't leave me feeling like the victim - I know the theory it's just realising my negative...
/community/emoticons/smile.gif You see the signs of your 'real wife' in there somewhere.......she's never left! If you could be in her shoes for 1 day and she be in yours maybe you'd understand each...
/community/emoticons/confused.gif I have been through CBt - it really helped for a while. I have had 'Family counselling' with my husband and I sitting in sessions together. these helped him...
/community/emoticons/yeah.gif I understand the "bullets" comments - having fired enough of them at my husband the past few years!! She is still with you - she still loves you. But you need to be...