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Case Study 804
Hi Everyone,
I've read a lot of the case studies here and they've been a great help for me in trying to understand my husband. He has suffered with depression for as long as I can remember. His first bout of antidepressants was just before sitting his finals for his medical degree. We thought that this was a one off but it has continued throughout our 10 year marriage. I'm now at the point of deciding if I wish to carry on with this struggle. My main problem is that he will not admit he has depression. He says that I am the problem. His mood swings are constant. One minute affectionate and happy, the next minute nothing is going right and I can do nothing right!
He snaps at the kids and me. I am always trying to keep them out of his way. He doesn't want to spend time with us and thinks that a family day out is a 'waste of time'. His sex drive is variable and he has problems sleeping. He has been violent (not in a major way) but he scares me when he is in his moods. I just can't predict his reactions. If I try to talk to him he says to leave him alone. If I leave him alone he says that I don't care. I just don't know what to do anymore. Even when he is happy I'm on edge because one tiny thing can switch the moods back on.
He has had three 6 month stretches on anti-depressants but each time he feels better he comes straight off them and then we are back to square one. I suggest going back on the tablets but he says that the tablets just make him 'not give a shit' about the important things.
My problem is he is a GP and so 'he knows it all' and I can't give him any advice. I try to put a brave face on for the kids but when he is like this it's like he hates me and everything I do gets on his nerves. I just want to cry all the time because I know that this is not him. It is the monster he becomes. I am seing less and less of the man I married and more and more of the monster. I fell like I have lost the man I dearly love.
Can someone please help me before I finally throw the towel in!!
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