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I have always had problems with depression and anxiety I just had my second son and both have gotten harder to deal with I had been think about going on medication for a while. Me and my husband had gone back and forth with the idea of it. He really had mixed emotions about it he had gotten to the point where he was really worrying about me and told me if I think I need medication talk to my doctor. Well today I did and she gave me a script for a low dose of Zoloft . Once I told him he seemed upset and he was talking about it and thinks you can't just fix things with medication. I'm so confused I don't know why one min he seems ok with it then thinks there is no need for taking anything like that. Even he him self talked about seeing about getting on something to help him. Anyone know how I can reassure him that its ok and it's not going to hurt me or turn me into a totally different person.
It is very hard, and in these cases, there needs to be both logical and emotional based reasons that they can accept.
Perhaps making a joint appointment with your doctor for him and you might alleviate his fears.
Reading it again wondered if he meant you seeing a therapist as well as meds. Us males aren't the best at communicating at the best of times.