Posted by dazed on January 22, 2004, at 12:25:11
In reply to Help dealing with my husbands depression, posted by jcsierra on January 21, 2004, at 14:27:26
My husband had clinical depression 10 yrs ago, then went on meds after leaving the hospital, for one year. Then he thought he was better, so he quit the meds.
This past summer, he crashed again, and this time, I decided to go the pdoc WITH him, so that pdoc could hear from someone other than hubby's confused mind, what was happening at home. I went to about 10 visits with him until I thought hubby was normal.
See, hubby had told pdoc that this one medicine doesn't help him, however, I learned from 10 yrs ago that it does help him. It is a drug for schitsophrenia/psycosis that amazingly helps him, even though he's really not schitsophrenic (sp?) or psycotic, so I told pdoc about that drug helping him years ago (see hubby was embarrased to admit that a drug for that particular illness helped him). He started him on that and walla, hubby got better the next day.
I think it's important to accompany hubby to his doctor visits for a few times, to make sure he's telling the doctor the truth instead of something he Thinks is true in his mind.
P.S. my hubby will probably be on meds for years. i told doc, I can't go thru this everytime he gets "well" and gets off medication. I also told hubby, either he controls his mental illness with proper medication by going to the doctor, or he can go to divorce court. I had to be sturn with him. We survived yet again!!
It really can get better.
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