Ever Thought About Suicide?

[stonerblue]

She has been prescribed medicationand on 15th day but no improvement and now wont drive or do anything on her own.Seems all confidence is gone and dwells on "what if this happens or that" all bad scenarios.
Very worrying,just hoping meds kick in soon

I've been where you are and feel for you both.
My experience with anti-depressants was not good and we ditched them after a month.
The only real thing that saw us through was time. You have to support her as much as possible. If you feel it, avoid showing her you're angry or frustrated (very hard i know).
Keep the faith Blue.

 

[Cheesy]

She has been prescribed medicationand on 15th day but no improvement and now wont drive or do anything on her own.Seems all confidence is gone and dwells on "what if this happens or that" all bad scenarios.
Very worrying,just hoping meds kick in soon

I've been where you are and feel for you both.
My experience with anti-depressants was not good and we ditched them after a month.

They do work for some people though. I think it's fair to say that if my sister wasn't on them then she wouldn't still be with us now.

 

[bluezi]

Been through the mill a few times when ive thought about it, but the kids have always made me feel like i owe the to stay at it, that and thinking that things can only get better, whats the worst that can happen, living on the streets ani't that bad when i've seen real poverty whole familes living by the roadside begging for a few Rupees..
I am i favour of, is what now is called Assisted death for people with a terminal illness

I had a friend at school who lost his dad in a accident some of the lads teased him about it. i never did as he was a mate and i used to go to his house. A good few years later when we lost contact i heard that he killed himself, i was gobsmacked and felt so sorry for not keeping in contact with him and could only try to imagine what his mum and brother were going through.

Bigga, your friend Dave did he hang himself in Heaton Park by any chance..?
Knew a lad called Dave who hung himself there :(

You have no idea what a shock it is when someone has the same connection!! My stomach literally flipped reading that!

The answer is yes, of course, now! Don't suppose you know why he did it? Was it over Jema??

Check your inbox

 

[stonerblue]

I've been where you are and feel for you both.
My experience with anti-depressants was not good and we ditched them after a month.

They do work for some people though. I think it's fair to say that if my sister wasn't on them then she wouldn't still be with us now.

I've no doubt they do BB. Just didn't work out well for my Mrs

 

[Anonymous]

was it the comment about fruitcakes?

i had depression for around three years, sometimes it was touch and go. there wasn't always a sense of light at the end of the tunnel, but the final resolve comes through - hopefully for everyone on here

if it was fruitcakes, very harsh. i think a scapegoat has been made.

 

[shadygiz]

its not often i open up on forums and tbh its taken 29 pages for me to decide to post this. Keep strong & keep motivated, even if that motivation is to just get out of bed in the morning

my missus started with post natal depression some 9 years ago, just after the first baby was born. She was initially prescribed tablets and to a certain extent they were working more often than not. Then when the second baby come along, it knocked her for 6 again.

Over the last 7 years, this has now developed into manic depression. They tried her on numerous tablets & she eventually quit the tablets as she ended up sitting in the house most days not even getting dressed. I even came home from work some days and the kids would still be in their jimjams and no food at 6pm, they'd not even been out of the house on school hols.

This weighs heavily on someone who has to leave the house to work, resulting in me making various calls home during the day to ensure she and the kids were alright.

For the last 9 years she has been unable to work and has panic attacks when faced with challenging situations, this has resulted in a total loss of confidence and self esteem, she is a shadow of the girl i once knew.

Over the last few years i have been lucky in the fact i have a decent job and can moderately earn for both of us and i can now work from home, allowing me to keep an eye on things a little better.

From first hand experience, it is not easy living and dealing with someone who suffers from depression, but love, care, understanding and an overwhelming desire to try and regain some of the person you once knew make the journey worthwhile.

 

[Lucky Toma]

All the best Shady, to you and your family pal.

 

[shadygiz]

All the best Shady, to you and your family pal.

cheers mate...not really after the sympathetic side of things mate...i posted to make others aware that they are not alone.

 

[Mr Rich]

its not often i open up on forums and tbh its taken 29 pages for me to decide to post this. Keep strong & keep motivated, even if that motivation is to just get out of bed in the morning

my missus started with post natal depression some 9 years ago, just after the first baby was born. She was initially prescribed tablets and to a certain extent they were working more often than not. Then when the second baby come along, it knocked her for 6 again.

Over the last 7 years, this has now developed into manic depression. They tried her on numerous tablets & she eventually quit the tablets as she ended up sitting in the house most days not even getting dressed. I even came home from work some days and the kids would still be in their jimjams and no food at 6pm, they'd not even been out of the house on school hols.

This weighs heavily on someone who has to leave the house to work, resulting in me making various calls home during the day to ensure she and the kids were alright.

For the last 9 years she has been unable to work and has panic attacks when faced with challenging situations, this has resulted in a total loss of confidence and self esteem, she is a shadow of the girl i once knew.

Over the last few years i have been lucky in the fact i have a decent job and can moderately earn for both of us and i can now work from home, allowing me to keep an eye on things a little better.

From first hand experience, it is not easy living and dealing with someone who suffers from depression, but love, care, understanding and an overwhelming desire to try and regain some of the person you once knew make the journey worthwhile.

I thought it was initially a litle harsh on banning BB2 but after reading that I sympathise intirely with your point of view, I really hope she does get better.

 

[gaudinho's stolen car]

Me and my brother didn't get on when we were younger, but about 5 years ago he had a room free in the house he was living in and I needed somewhere to stay. We started to get on really well, which basically means we liked getting on it down the pub, in town and parties round at ours.

He was bang into his coke and loved a smoke, and was on it nearly every night, but never missed a day of work. He worked on the motorways.

One day, after living with him for about a year, I went to his room in the morning just as I left for work to see if he wanted to walk up to McD's for breakfast, but there was no answer. I walked up for the bus a bit confused, because he rarely stayed out for the night before a work day. Mid-morning I rang his mobile from the works phone and some bloke answered it but said I had the wrong number. I was sure I had dialled it right, but left it.

About 4pm the Transport Police turned up at my work, about 5 of them, and asked me to go into the meeting room. My brother had stuck his neck on the railway line near our house at about 8am, and the train had run over it.

He was no coward, fruitcake or attention seeker. He was depressed but didn't know how to deal with it because of the ignorance of his peers. Going to the doctor or confessing to some girlfriend was never going to make the demons go away, and pretending to kill himself only to wake up in hospital was not an option. He made sure he was never coming back.