Posted by Heather66 on August 19, 2002, at 13:04:11
I have been on medication (and reading these posts) now for over a year and I think only because of my progress, am I more aware of my families' problems. Talking to my brother now - who wants to leave his wife (with two kids under 5) - has made me realize that maybe my problems aren't as bad as I thought. Or at least that others have problems just as bad. I think it really does help to know that you aren't the only one going through these problems. Beside these posts, where I can see that intelligent people can be depressed, it also helped me to know that Rosie O'Donnell was taking anti-depressants.
I have not mentioned anything of my problems to my parents, brother or sister but am considering talking to my brother about going to a p-doc. I think it might be harder for a male to admit and ultimately go to see someone for depression. Is there a way to make it easier for a male? Any famous male's on anti-depressants that you know of? I really want to see him stay with his wife and kids more than anything. And he has told me he wants help.
And after talking to my brother for awhile, I feel that my mother, father and sister all have similar symptoms as my brother and I. Yet, topics of depression are never been mentioned or even hinted at in my parents house. (As a matter of fact, it is a place I avoid as much as possible). Maybe it'll be good at least for my brother and I to help each other. Any thoughts you might have would really help me. I'm afraid my brother and I aren't talking to each other enough and I hope he can get help before he comes to final conclusions about leaving his wife, whom I love very much.
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thread:28937
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