"Temporary" Venting Thread IV

[Tessar]

Ingwe seems to have his own difficulties with bouts of depression. Two people like that together can TRULY 'feed' off of each other's emotions even if one is not in an entirely depressive swing at the moment.

I would seriously consider taking Ingwe's advice. LOTS of women have gone through PPD, and they do get off of the drugs. Yes, it might mean taking those nine pills a day for a while, but for your sake as well as for your child you should consider it seriously.

And come on. EVERYTHING causes cancer these days . I have little doubt that I'll have cancer some day because it runs in both sides of my family, but that's not going to stop me from living my life. Death comes for us all eventually whether by cancer or car crash or old age, we can only choose what we do with the time we're given. If I am given a chance at happiness during that period of time then I would like to take it, and I hope you can give yourself, and your child, the same benefit.

It seriously improved my quality of life when my dad took some anti-depression medication. But he dropped off of the medication prematurely, and didn't follow through on the real issues behind his depression... and within two weeks he was back to how he had been before. So if not for your own sake, consider taking the meds and finding ways to cope for the sake of your child. There are a few things in my life that would have been positively different if my dad hadn't been constantly depressed during my childhood . I think he knows it and looks back on it with regret every once in a while. Don't do the same thing to yourself.