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robot_parade · 08-06-2006, 06:56 PM

Thanks for doing this!

I suspect that my wife is mildly depressed - in that she seems to have more bad days than good, and that sometimes she gets in a 'funk' where nothing can cheer her up...and they seem (to my unexpert opinion) to be more serious and frequent than the normal 'blehs' that everyone gets. I should mention that both my mother and my brother suffer from depression - both of them exhibit symptoms much more severe than my wife...but I think I see the same kind (thought not at anywhere near the same level of severity) symptoms in my wife. My question is, what, if anything should I do?

A few years ago, I finally convinced my wife to see a psychologist, and, honestly, I don't think she did anything useful...she proscribed some meds (I don't remember which one at this point), and said essentially "see you in six months"....my wife said the meds didn't help, and didn't go back.

So, it continues...again, it seems to be very mild as far as the symptoms go - no suicidal tendincies, or anything like that, but...just too many 'bad days' for no good reason. I've tried of couple of times since the last Dr. that maybe she could try someone else, but she hasn't yet. I feel like if she talked to someone who actually cared and worked with her, maybe she could get some help...maybe with medication, maybe not, I don't know.

So, what do you recommend? Should I keep 'pushing' her to make an appointment, or should I back off and wait until she's ready to do it on her own? It's very frustrating to me, because *if* she does suffer from depression, it is very mild...much of the time she's just fine.

08-06-2006, 06:56 PM	#61 (permalink)
robot_parade Junkie Location: San Antonio, TX	Thanks for doing this! I suspect that my wife is mildly depressed - in that she seems to have more bad days than good, and that sometimes she gets in a 'funk' where nothing can cheer her up...and they seem (to my unexpert opinion) to be more serious and frequent than the normal 'blehs' that everyone gets. I should mention that both my mother and my brother suffer from depression - both of them exhibit symptoms much more severe than my wife...but I think I see the same kind (thought not at anywhere near the same level of severity) symptoms in my wife. My question is, what, if anything should I do? A few years ago, I finally convinced my wife to see a psychologist, and, honestly, I don't think she did anything useful...she proscribed some meds (I don't remember which one at this point), and said essentially "see you in six months"....my wife said the meds didn't help, and didn't go back. So, it continues...again, it seems to be very mild as far as the symptoms go - no suicidal tendincies, or anything like that, but...just too many 'bad days' for no good reason. I've tried of couple of times since the last Dr. that maybe she could try someone else, but she hasn't yet. I feel like if she talked to someone who actually cared and worked with her, maybe she could get some help...maybe with medication, maybe not, I don't know. So, what do you recommend? Should I keep 'pushing' her to make an appointment, or should I back off and wait until she's ready to do it on her own? It's very frustrating to me, because if she does suffer from depression, it is very mild...much of the time she's just fine.