Did you have depression before you became a parent? What have been your experiences with depression, where do you stand on the anti depressants issue? Do you have depression and you are not yet a parent or do not plan to be one?
I am a mom of three, I stay at home and I am just getting over a severe two year long depression, during which I almost lost my family. I am looking for other parents, men or women who would like to share thoughts and ideas.
LOL…this sounds like an advertisement!
I have started a new blog that will be chronicling my thoughts and self revelations while I start getting better, it is mostly for family seeing as those are the only people who usually read the damn things, but this time I would really like to have input from other people dealing with the same types of issues, I think that could only serve to help me and hopefully some of you. If you would like a link to the blog let me know.
4 Comments Received
June 14th, 2010 @4:15 pm
You would not likely believe my story – I lived it and barely believe it. In a nutshell I suffered depression since age of 8, and have only began to recover this last year. I have had to find a private therapists – the public funded system let me down severely. I am now in my mid 30′s. The depression became worse when my children were born. Anti depressants never worked for me. The part that still scares me is how close I came to death. Actually, I am more afraid of the fact I am no longer afraid to die. That still haunts me, even though I have found my reason to live.
June 16th, 2010 @8:03 am
i have bouts in and out, but i use the FROG theory and it helps a lot……… (Fully Rely On God)…….. send me a link too please
June 19th, 2010 @3:53 pm
I have been dealing with something similar. After being in a long distance relationship for some time I moved to a new city and immediately got maried and then pregnant. It was the first time I had ever lived with a man and the first time I was away from my friends and family-my comfort zone. My father passed away (from cancer) two months before my daughter was born. After I had the baby, I had to deal with all of the emotions I held in regarding my husband and things we had been through, my dad and feeling lonely and isolated. I tried therapy, but it made me feel worse! I never accepted any ant-depressants even though the OBGYN and the therapist told me that post-partum was perfectly normal. Ultimately, I eventually tried to re-invent myself (a version of me) in a way that would fit my current situation. I had to figure out my interests, my style and things I enjoy all over again and make an effort to incorporate them into my life for the sake of my sanity-literally. It helped. I still deal with it from time-to-time. I miss my single, free, more social lifestyle. I don’t long to be childless or with other men, I simply long for more self expression and freedom to fullfill more of my own personal goals…
June 23rd, 2010 @3:25 am
I was really depressed after I had my second child. I know how hard it is. I couldnt afford to go to therapy and I went back to work to pull myself out of the depression. I decided that I needed to make some time for me and that was work. I also had severe guilt I guess because I got my tubes tied. I also lived next door to my inlaws and that did not help any either.
We moved away from them 4 years ago and since then I have totally gotten over my depression. It is a hard thing to overcome. I had no choice but to do it with out antidepressants, but I would have taken them if I could have. Send me the link please.
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