Partners on antidepressants?
Brokenhearted
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Just wondering how many of you partners of survivors have been put on antidepressants as a result of dealing with the survivor's csa. And does it help you cope with issues?
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Partners on antidepressants?
- Thread starterBrokenhearted
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I don't take antidepressants, but i have felt the worst depression through so much of this so far. Some days it has felt like I'm only just managing to do things. Havn't wanted to see people/get up in the mornings, things like that. Numbers of days where I've had to go and turn my face away from my kids to cry and where I've felt I might cry in normal conversations with other people. On the edge of tears. Nerves on edge, anxiety, tense stomach. Sometimes (mostly in the evenings) I do enjoy a joint in the evenings and I find it does help to lift me a bit. I know some people would probably say that was wrong, but I find it helps me.
I don't think it's surprising us partners get so low though. It is a normal feeling to be experiencing through all of this. Have you felt you've needed anything like antidepressants? I think if that's something you're considering I would recommend anyone doing a bit of their own reading/research about antidepressants. It is always good to be able to make a fully informed choice.
Homeopathy can also be a very supportive through processes like these, though I've no idea about the availability of that over there. Both me and my bf have found it to very beneficial.
I'm really hoping that things will get better for you BH, and that some of the worries you have will turn out to be not true.
be kind to yourself
peace
beccy
I don't think it's surprising us partners get so low though. It is a normal feeling to be experiencing through all of this. Have you felt you've needed anything like antidepressants? I think if that's something you're considering I would recommend anyone doing a bit of their own reading/research about antidepressants. It is always good to be able to make a fully informed choice.
Homeopathy can also be a very supportive through processes like these, though I've no idea about the availability of that over there. Both me and my bf have found it to very beneficial.
I'm really hoping that things will get better for you BH, and that some of the worries you have will turn out to be not true.
be kind to yourself
peace
beccy
Hi, I wish that a joint was leagal we would probably have less csa and other abuse because alot of the times the abuse happens while the perps are under the influence of alcohol and other hard drugs, coke, speed, etc... I am with you oour bodys know what works for us and what dosen't. Legalize the green!!
Anyway,, i do take an anti depressant. A natural one. 5HTP, you can buy it at wall-mart as well as other pharmacies, otc. I could not take the traditional antidepressants, They sent me into a panic, the side effects. I have been on it for about 3 weeks and i am feeling alot better. So, anything that helps get us up and moving in positive action is great, even if it is temporary. light and luv Sis
Anyway,, i do take an anti depressant. A natural one. 5HTP, you can buy it at wall-mart as well as other pharmacies, otc. I could not take the traditional antidepressants, They sent me into a panic, the side effects. I have been on it for about 3 weeks and i am feeling alot better. So, anything that helps get us up and moving in positive action is great, even if it is temporary. light and luv Sis
I wish it was legal too!
BH, what I really wanted to say in that last post, was that it's very important for us not to judge ourselves for feeling so low. When we feel like we can't cope anymore, we need to know from as many sources as possible, that we are normal/ok and coping the very best we can under difficult circumstances. We must try to love ourselves. Love is so important. And know that these feelings will pass, and we WILL feel free and alive again. If how low we feel begins to make it very difficult to function, I am a big believer in anything 'natural' we can take/use, to enable us to have the strength to carry on. Homeopathic treatment, natural remedies, Yoga/exercise, meditation, and where it's possible, as much love, support and understanding as we can find.
This difficult time WILL eventually pass.
I have been through a difficult period before in my life, and I remember my dad telling me he knew it wouldn't make it any better for me now, but that I WOULD get through it and I WOULD feel ok again. He told me that what had worked for him in incredibly difficult times, was to walk every day/as often as possible. He would look up at the trees, think how long they'd been there, how wonderful/beautiful they were and how the feelings that he was experiencing were age-old and experienced by many. The world keeps turning, everything grows and we grow with it. Everything moves on and lives. Most of all, he let me feel it was ok that I felt I was losing it/going crazy/couldn't cope very well. It meant I was able to grieve and feel all my feelings with less fear and judgment of them. I was a bit of a mess for a fair while, and then it passed.
sending positive energy,
peace
Beccy
BH, what I really wanted to say in that last post, was that it's very important for us not to judge ourselves for feeling so low. When we feel like we can't cope anymore, we need to know from as many sources as possible, that we are normal/ok and coping the very best we can under difficult circumstances. We must try to love ourselves. Love is so important. And know that these feelings will pass, and we WILL feel free and alive again. If how low we feel begins to make it very difficult to function, I am a big believer in anything 'natural' we can take/use, to enable us to have the strength to carry on. Homeopathic treatment, natural remedies, Yoga/exercise, meditation, and where it's possible, as much love, support and understanding as we can find.
This difficult time WILL eventually pass.
I have been through a difficult period before in my life, and I remember my dad telling me he knew it wouldn't make it any better for me now, but that I WOULD get through it and I WOULD feel ok again. He told me that what had worked for him in incredibly difficult times, was to walk every day/as often as possible. He would look up at the trees, think how long they'd been there, how wonderful/beautiful they were and how the feelings that he was experiencing were age-old and experienced by many. The world keeps turning, everything grows and we grow with it. Everything moves on and lives. Most of all, he let me feel it was ok that I felt I was losing it/going crazy/couldn't cope very well. It meant I was able to grieve and feel all my feelings with less fear and judgment of them. I was a bit of a mess for a fair while, and then it passed.
sending positive energy,
peace
Beccy