Intro
Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2017 7:43 pm
I have no idea whether this will help at all. But it might be a good place to put things down where maybe someone has some insight.
I have been struggling with depression for over 20 years. I don't think there is any way that this will end. I am in my mid-sixties, male, and married. I have, in the past, used medication to get through the worst of it, but I have not used medication for the past 3 1/2 years. I went off the medication, gradually (as my psychiatrist advised, though he advised against going off at all.) My spouse, unfortunately, thinks of my depression the way she thinks of Santa Claus, so medication causes at least as much difficulty as it solves.
This time of year is extremely difficult for me. If there was a way that I could hibernate until after New Years, I would. The whole season is despicable to me.
I know that women suffer more from depression than men, statistically, and I would never downplay the struggles of women with depression. However, for men, if you try to disclose this to anyone, more often than not, the word "depression" translates as "self pity".
I have nowhere to go with this.
I have been struggling with depression for over 20 years. I don't think there is any way that this will end. I am in my mid-sixties, male, and married. I have, in the past, used medication to get through the worst of it, but I have not used medication for the past 3 1/2 years. I went off the medication, gradually (as my psychiatrist advised, though he advised against going off at all.) My spouse, unfortunately, thinks of my depression the way she thinks of Santa Claus, so medication causes at least as much difficulty as it solves.
This time of year is extremely difficult for me. If there was a way that I could hibernate until after New Years, I would. The whole season is despicable to me.
I know that women suffer more from depression than men, statistically, and I would never downplay the struggles of women with depression. However, for men, if you try to disclose this to anyone, more often than not, the word "depression" translates as "self pity".
I have nowhere to go with this.