Hi all–me again. Sorry I’m not posting more often but it’s hard.
Had another good day yesterday, and this morning had appointments with my psychiatrist and therapist. (First time with therapist.) Doc wants to wean me off the Lexapro this week so we’ll see how that goes. She warned me I might still have some really down days, but the trend should continue to go upwards. I think that’s true…I’m still having anxiety “attacks” but I seem to be able to work through them better now.
Therapist was nice…she gave me some tools to work with. She taught me some breathing techniques, and asked me to try and stop myself whenever I’m having all the negative thoughts, and to focus on positive things. (I believe this is CBT?) Anyway, what she said made sense and I’m going to work on it. I meet with her again in a week.
Just wanted to say thanks again to everyone who’s posted in this thread. It really means a lot…I come back and read it sometimes when I’m having a down moment and it helps, truly.
There’s another thread called Helping a depressed spouse but there’s a lot of self-help for the depressed in there. I highly recommend reading the “move like Grandma” post for a great outlook. Glad to hear you’re having some good days. You will get through this, one day at a time, one hour at a time, whatever it takes.
We had a CBT thread a few weeks ago - it might do you some good to read through that and see how you are far from alone in dealing with these thoughts and feelings.
Just chiming in to say this is not forever. Things will change and you will feel better. Keep with the therapy, keep asking for help and know that this will pass! I know it seems so long right now but you will come out the other side.