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Hey Candi
I hope you turn the corner soon too, I'm off the serotex at the moment and keeping my fingers crossed it lasts for a while, this thread has helped a lot, just reading other peoples experiences and advice has really helped me cope with my problems and look at it in a new way ... I'm taking each day as it comes and I've taken up glass engraving again which helps me relax between studying and being a mum. I hope the art work relaxes you, take it easy and keep chatting.

seroxat even, side tracked by TV

Well I'm living proof that things can get better I think you just have to find that thing that works for you. Good luck with it, Candi, and hang in there.

My husband of twenty years has been diagnosed as depressive and has been on and off medication for two and a half years. It took the doctors two years to realise the medicaation he was on was wrong for him and in the meantime, the kids and I had to put up with hostility,
verbal abuse, and even on one occaision violence. It turns out a side effect of that particular medication is increased aggresion.

He is now on a different medication which seems to be working, and we are slowly getting our lives back together. I believe that he has always tended to depression, but has been able to deal with it in his own way before, generally immersing himself in sport, or trout fishing, his bonsais etc whereas this last bout, triggered by an incident that happened to our son at school three years ago seemed to spiral him far down really quickly.

From the other side of the fence,then, let me say that while being there and holding him has seemed to help him, it is difficult to be the partner who has to be strong, and it is important to try to keep the lines of communication open, otherwise, your partner feels shutout and useless.s to all

Yes, I've often thought it must be difficult for my hubby.
And unfortunately antidepressants don't work immediately, so you get the side-effects before the results. I THINK it's two weeks before you see any therapeutic response at all, but don't quote me on that.

If they don't get the dosage right, it can be months....

But if it's tough on the partners and families, it's tougher still on the sufferer, sos to all

Just thought I'd let you all know, I'm feeling much better now........partly the antidepressants, I think, but mainly because I made the decision to defer my college course for a year.....the pressure's off now, and I feel so relieved. Thanks to you all for the support and kind words.

s, Candi.

I'm glad you feel better!

Good to hear that you're feeling better, Candi. So am I, in my third week on anti-depressants.

I went to my to seek treatment as a result of looking at the checklist of depression symptoms on this Talking Point page, and realising how many of them I had been experiencing. So I'm grateful to h2g2 for prompting me to realise that something needed to be done!

*hifives Ormy*
It's amazing, because I knew what the symptoms were but didn't pick up on it for years

I'm so glad you are feeling better!

Gawd I wish I'd found this thread sooner.

Hi

Given that Seroxat is in the news *again*, I was wondering how many people who had taken it had managed to come off it successfully?

hmm - got a link, Abi?

I had no problem coming off it, no ill effects at all. Plus, it sorted me out no problem.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_2041000/2041430.stm

I am having a really difficult time coming off it.

Mind you, I was only on it for a couple of months. I was forced to come off it by financial pressures - I was so broke I couldn't even afford the prescription. (I was a student, but the SAAS were still processing my loan. I couldn't get free prescriptions until they had processed it. I couldn't sign on either, as I was a student - nice Catch-22, huh?)

Thanx SMoB.

My dearly beloved is currently struggling with depression, and I haven't been coping with it all that well (I guess that since I have depressive tendencies as well, I've been convinced that it's all MY fault etc, etc).

So stressed I was cold and shaking, and not sure what else to do or where to look I searched for 'depression' on H2G2 and found this!! You have done a great job of clearing my view and knocking some stuff back in perspective. I shall keep loving and supporting my dearest one but with renewed confidence and strength.

Many thanx to all who have contributed here.

The most grateful of gibbons.

I don't think I can thank you enough for posting this, I have been trying for ages to explain how my Depression affects me, in particular to my parents, who are both very much of the "pull yourself together" generation so they don't have a map for this, now I've got something to show them! Thanks again...