sorry guys bad topic

doctor prescribbed fluoxetine oral solution must be liquid
unfortunatley this gave me a dry or should i say drier mouth

i did not want to post this as i feel i have let myself down i managed to cope with it the first time round

any body any tips on depression
sorry again
Dave and Sue

I can't give you any tips on depression cuz i picked up as soon as i returned to work. Until then i couldn't sleep and i was so miserable. My confidence was shattered & to be honest i just wanted to go to sleep and not wake up! But when i started back at work everything turned around for me!

Don't feel as though you've let yourself down Dave! It's not surprising when you've ben down thois road before and just when you think you're out of the woods it's back! If this ever happened to me again i'd be beside myself! & you're getting through it!
& don't be sorry! You're more than entitled to say how you feel & that's one of the best things you can do rather than bottle it up!
I'm certain that in a few weeks, when you start to improve a little more things will become easier! Until then make the most of what your doctor has perscribed. Looking back i REALLY wish i'd had the guts to admit i wasn't coping well! I wa too busy putting on a face.

All the best to you both,
Michelle

Hi David, I have a realy bad case of dry mouth so my Dentist says mainly stll have my teeth which are all rotting and hopefully eventually they will fall out, He took one tooth out and 6 months later it was not healed so cannot risk taking anymore out.
Depression, well we all go through it, with me seems to come and go why it happens could be numerous reason but as I was told the only way to try and cope is take one day at a time, This does help me to try and keep things in the day but sometimes my mind wonders and I feel low.

The worst thing for me was losing two dear friends who lived close by and now the days feel longer and longer the more time I am on my own.I know when im depressed very hard to go out and face the world.
Sorry cannot be much help but try to keep it in the day.

best wishes

Paul

Hi Michelle and Paul

Michelle thank again for the support at least at this stage i can see that i have some depression so lets see what i can do to eliviate it a little

Its great your back at work and enjoying it

Dave

Paul
As i said previously when you think your badly off theres others who are at least the same or maybe a little worse


you certainly have not been dealt a good hand over the last couple of years

my mind wanders to as you say up and down emotions all over the place

have read your blog

Las Vegas i love it have been 3 times my sister in law lives in San Diego so its only a short flight from there

Was due to fly out in June but had to cancel ,what a fight with the insurance company but my wife got the money back

Dont know if i will ever make it back out there at present but you never know

Always here to chat

Dave
Dave and Susan

HI Dave & Sue,

Like Michelle I have been fortunate, I have been low recently but for completely unrelated issues of relationships rather than illness.

My wife on the other had has had several severe bouts of really black depression over time and it is no joke because unlike our ailments mental duress shows no patent symptoms and folks who suffer from the debilitating effects of depression are open to all sorts of prejudice.

What I do recognise is that our mental health can be treated effecively by medicine - short term, but must be augmented by therapy and understanding. Depression is an illness just as our cancers and needs to be treated but above all understood by those with whom we come into contact.

My wife's depressions are cyclical in nature but we have been married over 34 years and I can both recognise and handle the events now. What I did wrong in the early years was to try to "buck her up" today I allow the periods to pass (for I know they will - half the battle) and try to avoid making her feel worse by being critical or intolerant. In the last couple of decades she has not required medication which is a huge boost as although it helps (primarily me because the symptoms are better controlled) it does tend to extend the period of the illness for coming off medication can be very difficult and bring its own problems.

Be careful then medication is useful: necessary in extreme circumstances, but being here with us understanding as you do so well what others feel and experience is very good therapy.

At least you recognise what is wrong and possibly the causes triggering the problems which many who suffer mental health problems cannot see due to the very nature of their illness.

Speaking about it is theraputic, my wife could spend weeks in her mind and off this planet in the worst days, it was heartbreaking to witness, hence my endeavours to "buck her up", a big mistake initiated niavely and in ignorance.

Take care Dave, you will get past this in time you have support and understanding from Sue and the crew here, Alan

Alan
Thank you for those words

the hospital as arranged for me to see a specialist i know i need help this time and will accept it
the support from my wife is 24 7 but this is the only thing she can not help me with ,she can support me through any therapy and will do

Kind regards

Dave and Sue

well I read the above and I do get depressed and my GP said to me "do you feel suicidel and I said yes sometimes" she replied "well if it was anyone else I would be worried" so much for my help hehe

Paul

Paul

The Questionair as all kinds of crazy questions i have to fill in before seeing them

Have an appointment for 5th june
Dave and Sue

Hi

The depression as lifted a little ,still going to talk to a specialist about it

Getting there
THanks for all the support
Dave and Sue

Hi all
Saw the pycoligist ? today

first thing she said there is up to 3 Months waiting list to be reffered

said she would do an assessment

after the assesment i am seeing her next week

i feel alough im weak when i should be strong for my wife and family
as last time i handled it

this time not so well

emotions all over the place eratic thoughts
i keep thinking my wife must get sick of me,but i know she does not and is my rock

let you know how it goes

Dave and Sue