The drugs don’t work.

[Kaycam]

Hello,

I’m a 37 year old mother of two beautiful boys. I have a beautiful husband and a beautiful home. But I’m horribly depressed. I’ve taken antidepressants for years but every once in a while I have a week or so of feeling so sad. Usually it doesn’t last long, but this time I’m almost hitting a month of waking up in tears. Having no motivation and little interest in anything.

im hoping someone can empathise and give me some pointers - or should I be visiting my GP to change up my AD’s?

thanks x

[Katyonthehamsterwheel]

Hi there

Welcome to the forums, Kaycam. I'm sorry you're experiencing a prolonged bout of depression, I can definitely empathise with you there. It seems to run it's own course, but it's good that you acknowledge it usually hangs around for a time, before it goes again. I think that makes it easier to sit with, when we know that eventually it will move on. In the meantime, it's pretty gross though, yeah? So maybe worth a chat to your gp to see whether it's worth an adjustment of your meds.

I wonder if there's anything that you do find helpful or you do take pleasure in, during these times?

Feel free to chat more. There's plenty of like-minded people here.

Katy

[Petal22]

Hi Kaycam,

Sorry you are feeling this way.......

Allow your self to feel the emotions and then try to let them go........

Try to put your attention on something you enjoy doing 😊 go for a walk feel the sun on you..... what can you hear? What can you smell ?

Try to practice gratefulness....

I think a visit to your gp would be a good idea 😊

[Oddities]

Hi mate, I truly feel for you. The feelings of thing not being better the next day after a while becomes disheartening.

With that said, I always remind myself of Newton's 3rd law, Every action in nature has an equal and opposite reaction. What I believe is that for every day you feel down, you need to remind yourself that sometime very soon, you will wake up with a new spring in your step and a smile from ear to ear.

It gets hard to remind ourselves of the positive thought patterns when things seem dark and this is why I like to leave myself little mental bookmarks when I feel good. For example, If I finish the yard work and I have a good sense of self accomplishment I will look over the yard for a minute to take it that feeling, so next time I feel useless I can look at that yard, even when not freshly mowed and reflect on how good things feel when my head is clear.

I'm always here if you need to talk.