What is Depression
Clinical depression is a state of sadness or melancholia that has advanced to the point of being disruptive to an individual's social functioning and/or activities of daily living....
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Is my husband depresssed again?
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My husband and I have each suffered from major depression. Right now I am under control with only slight seasonal affective disorder. But, my husband seems to be out-of-sorts and I think he might be showing signs of depression. Whenever his depression was not controlled by medicine in the past, he has often showed me a very quick temper, gets very down blaming everything on himself, and says nasty remarks to me when I ask him to do things.
He's been on meds for years, and up until recently his meds really worked for him. About 2 months ago, for some reason his dr. lowered his dose of one of his medicines and totally eliminated another one. Within about 4 weeks, I could sense his irritability at many things, having little patience, and not acting like "himself." He also does suffer from ED and I am thinking that might be adding to his depression and feeling bad about himself. Even when he tells me "I love you" lately, he says it in such a tone like he doesn't even mean it. This is a sure sign that something is wrong as other times, he says it in a much more positive way. Any ideas or thoughts on this? I also think he misses not seeing our adult children more often, and needs to make new friends. He has joined me in some activities in our community at my urging. Posted on 01/06/09, 12:01 am |
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Of course it is a definite possibility. Have you tried talking to him about the way he has been lately? I know that may be a sensitive and difficult thing to do, but if he is falling back into depression, the best thing is to seek treatment. I hope that things work out and that y'all are able to figure out what is going on! If you need to talk ....I am here for you! 
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Thanks for your reply. My son came over for dinner and suddenly my husband became so animated and stayed up later than usual. I then had a nice talk with him about it, and he thought about it with somewhat of a smile on his face. Like I figured it out and he understood. I think his lack of friends is doing a number on him, as he can be a very social person. He was much nicer to me for the last couple of nights -- and didn't seem to be so down.
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Sounds like he is suffering from depression, especially if his doctor lowered his dosage recently. Could be he needs to make another trip to the doctor to get his dosage adjusted again.
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That was a nice update... sometimes the right moment comes along... I'm glad you had that time to talk to him.
My husband's doctor better NOT be lowering his meds... I'll go after him!
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When it comes to doctors, my husband is totally unassertive, whereas I am proactive and assertive for the sake of his own good. It sounds like a good idea to get him to go back to his treating doctor. Thanks so much, I hadn't thought of that.
He really does not take care of himself these days. He has Diabetes II and he's been eating sugar like crazy, not testing his sugar unless I just about force him to, and back to eating too many carbs. It's like I have to be his mommy too, but if it's for his benefit, I go the extra mile. Who knows, maybe all of this is on my mind, but I can't be a mindreader!
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Sounds like it could be the onset off depression. I would try to get your husband to talk to or visit his doctor. If he is not willing, maybe you could try talking to his doctor and ask if it could be the adjustment in his medication and cutting out his other medication completely. I would act as soon as possible so the side effects don't become worse. Best of luck. Much love, Christie
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I have encouraged my hubby to do one of his favorite hobbies, and he's gone out at least several times to do it, which brings him great pleasure. Now he seems to be much nicer. He needed to be busy, be part of something and feel better about himself, and somehow it is working.
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