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Hello all,
I'm joining this forum to try to get some useful advice that I can use to support my wife who is sufferring from depression.
We have been married for just over half a year now but this depression has been hanging over her mind for many years. Over the last 12 months it has gotten much worse and she has had to give up working as the stress (busy childcare nursery) was causing her to suffer from panic attacks.
She is currently on a high dose of antidepressants (sorry can't remember which kind right now), has felt suicidal, has been drinking (although I'm happy to say that she has drastically reduced this to just social drinking now).
We are able to support ourselves on just my salary, but with my wife being at home alone all day I'm worried that she's going to receed into herself. However, busy environments (ASDA on a Saturday) will make her panicy. She has been referred to a local counselling service for long term support (previously had 6 sessions with them) but say that she's not ready for it right now. I don't want to force her into attending, but I'm fast running out of ideas about how to get out of this situation.
Has anyone been in a similar situation supporting someone with depression (chronic?)? What other options are there that will help us to move out of the cloud of depression and start to live normal lives again?
I'm new to this community, so big thanks in advance for anyone who might be able to help us.
Thanks,
Rob
I'm joining this forum to try to get some useful advice that I can use to support my wife who is sufferring from depression.
We have been married for just over half a year now but this depression has been hanging over her mind for many years. Over the last 12 months it has gotten much worse and she has had to give up working as the stress (busy childcare nursery) was causing her to suffer from panic attacks.
She is currently on a high dose of antidepressants (sorry can't remember which kind right now), has felt suicidal, has been drinking (although I'm happy to say that she has drastically reduced this to just social drinking now).
We are able to support ourselves on just my salary, but with my wife being at home alone all day I'm worried that she's going to receed into herself. However, busy environments (ASDA on a Saturday) will make her panicy. She has been referred to a local counselling service for long term support (previously had 6 sessions with them) but say that she's not ready for it right now. I don't want to force her into attending, but I'm fast running out of ideas about how to get out of this situation.
Has anyone been in a similar situation supporting someone with depression (chronic?)? What other options are there that will help us to move out of the cloud of depression and start to live normal lives again?
I'm new to this community, so big thanks in advance for anyone who might be able to help us.
Thanks,
Rob