depression help for family members

It is so hard dealing with pregnant family members. Since our loss, two girls in our family have gotten pregnant, one just giving birth August 2nd, and the other is due October 11. Of course, BOTH their due dates correspond with the date of our conception for the first, and the date of our loss for the second. Life for me certaintaly has it's way of laughing at me in my face.

I also recommend that you speak with a trusted friends, counselor or someone from your religious denomination to help you sort out your feelings also, communication is key to all relationships, so speak with your family members one by one to clear any misunderstandings and return to a healty, happy home environment...

Going well had the same issue. A lot of people are like big deal that I'm pregnant. Saying things like he is going to leave me. Its just like no excitement really about baby girl. However we have learned to ignore it and move forward with trying to build our family. The baby is a blessing regardless. You can't help the timing. You just have to trust God's plan for your new addition. If they come around they do if they don't oh well.

Do you think this could work if we had a more general community for family members of someone with any mental illness, or not? We are open to ideas.

Your friend needs to get a reference from their family doctor.

i went through something similiar a few yr ago, i blamed myself for my son becomeing ill and ended up with severe anxiety depression, my family were there for me but theres only so much they can do, i understand how the family must be feeling it drags you down aswell. in the end i ended up haveing to have CTB (cognative therapy behaviour) sessions, this really helped me along with mental health workers comeing to my home and antidipressants.

Not sure if this post is the brightest of ideas and hoping that no family member secrectly spies on me here, lol. I think most of us have one of those annoying/crazy family members that makes ya wonder if you were adopted. Maybe I was thought as the crazy one for a few years cause I was a big cokehead, haha. Now that I am clean and "normal" I can poke fun. I will not mention names, but there are a couple werido's on a certain parents side of mine.

Could you please add a forum for family members so they could get the support they need?

s not unusual for some family members to not get it. I guess an invalidating environment is partly why we become sick and dysfunctional in the first place. I read that family members can respond in that manner as they are defending against their own issues (and what mental illness means to them). My family seem to believe that once out of hospital I was suddenly well. I don't think that they really get that mental illness can take years to overcome.

Can you spread genital herpes by sharing a bathroom with family members? My child takes baths in the shower/tub that I also use. I shower in the a.m. And he bathes at night, but the tub stays wet cuz we live in a hot climate without ac. I also use the same washing machine as the rest of the family, so maybe the virus spread that way too. I have only had one outbreak since he was born,but I worry about spreading the virus without symptoms. I've heard it is highly contagious that way.

I talked to my doctor and got ativan for anxiety and some antidepressants. I also told a few friends and family members who all switched off taking care of my daughter when I was having difficulty.

There are many medications that help, therapy can also help. I speak on this subject based on what I have learned from depression in family members. Both my wife and our son, now middle aged, have had battles with depression. Emotional stress can cause the heart to react and produce symptoms that may be related to the emotional stress, not to a heart physical/electrical problem.

I've dealt with depression for most of my life and have been medicated for the past year. I have been off medication for the duration of my pregnancy but due to some family issues and stress, I've been really struggling. Is there anything anybody here has done to help lift their spirits? I really don't want to go back on medications during my pregnancy, and I seriously will try anything to feel better.

Anybody else have family members who don't help with anything? Here I am due on Sunday and my moms van door is stuck closed which means my mom won't be able to go with me to the hospital if it doesn't get unstuck. We call my brother all day and he doesn't answer then now at 9 we call him and he says oh I thought you called yesterday. Um if I go into labor he can't do that or I won't have a way to the hospital!

its not easy and hormones are still all over the place but hang in there hun it will get easier and there is help available so dont be afraid to ask for it and rope in any family members or friends to help out if you can even if its just so you can get a few hours sleep

I have an Aunt with Dx...My Mother's Sister (who is also a twin) and she (the twin sister, other Aunt) does Not have MS.

Yes the bipolar spectrum runs throughout my family. There are a certain number of family members who are diagnosed as well as some that may have those concerns and relatives who passed on whom people realize may have had bipolar or a related condition. I have schizoaffective disorder and as I was informed when I went to a meeting to inform people about psychiatric disabilities that is part of the bipolar spectrum as well.

Other real situations such as illness or death of other family members can add to depression. So can financial worries. MS is life changing and that adds to depression. Other family members can be depressed. Living with a depressed person can make you depressed. Also MS is about the brain and can cause depression. If you think you may be depressed. Or you do not know what is wrong you can see the family doctor. There is no shame in taking medication to help. There is also counseling.

I am asking for family members experienced with handling a loved ones alcoholism/addiction here!Could you please post and describe how u sought help for urself,stopped the enabling,set limits with insane behaviors and regained ur self esteem?CrazyGerman needs all of your experience!Thank You!

I would love to welcome everyone to our family. When I first came here I was so lost and so alone. I didn't know what was wrong with me and I had been struggling with it for 3 years. I imagine most of you know the feeling I'm talking about. It's the limbo land time of your life. This is the scariest and most horrible feeling in the whole world.

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