
Depression Support Group
Depression is a real and debilitating condition that is often misunderstood by family and friends. Its meaning can range from a prolonged period of sadness to an actual mental illness with specific symptoms. Find and share experiences with others who are going through the same struggles.

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I have suffered from depression all my life.Molested at 5,12 and 18 ,family was always tore up by my Dad who ran around on mom all the time.He finally killed his second wife and shot himself in the head but he lived all enough to go to prison for awhile then he died.
I'm 56 and living with 82yo mom to take care of her.She is addicted to prescription pills.No one will help me and i have had enough.
When is it my turn to live and try to be happy? i don't know what happiness is anymore.I want to go to bed and stay there but in so much pain i can't lay very long.Just feel like life is passing me by and i can't go on.Oh i won't kill myself but what can i do.i'm sorry
I'm 56 and living with 82yo mom to take care of her.She is addicted to prescription pills.No one will help me and i have had enough.
When is it my turn to live and try to be happy? i don't know what happiness is anymore.I want to go to bed and stay there but in so much pain i can't lay very long.Just feel like life is passing me by and i can't go on.Oh i won't kill myself but what can i do.i'm sorry
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maybe you just have too much to take care of mom....if you cant get a break and rest, you will not be able to do it.
if there is no way for you to do it,
you may have to place her in a nursing home,
sometimes this is the only thing to do.
but just remember you can visit her there as much as you need to ,
but it is no good for you or her to try to do this until it makes you sick,and apparently , you are not able to get the rest,and breaks you need.
if there was just someone to help, you could probably take care of her...
you are trying so hard, and i hope you find an answer and some help...
hugs
joyce
Truth is, your mom may be happier in a nursing facility. I would rather mine put me away than suffered as you are. It may take the guilt off both of you.
Or assisted living, my mother in law lives in a place where they get like reduced housing, and it's just a bunch of people her age, it wonderful, and she loves it.
My Mom is the same age as yours, cant see very well, she lives in a what I call retirement village, with other active 83 years olds. They get each other going and have a ball. She loves it too. Little payton place at times and they are livlier than the college kids my daughter lives with.
It's about time you both caught a break, at 83, not much you can do about the prescriptions, they all have to take alot of meds.
If this is wrong, accept my apologies. But, if I am right... you need to pick yourself up and live your life - don't keep buying into the guilt anymore! i agree with the other people here, either get some help in somehow, or look for a nursing home. of course, that will start another round of guilt heaping, which you will also have to be strong for.
As far as the pills are concerned - she's 83 -why on earth are her doctors so concerned with this? thats a waste of time and energy - she's 83! If I live to be 83 honey, I will have a margarita in one hand and a joint in the other!! Well, I suppose thats not PC to say - oh well!
Truly though, if I am off base here, I do apologize. In any event, bless your heart - you certainly have your hands full!