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Hope whispers, Try it one more time.
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here is a list of resources for finding free/low-cost medical care, including counseling. you may have to go thru the entry level with a primary-care dr, but then you can ask to be referred to a counselor or psychiatrist. don't try to tackle all of these at once, or you'll be overwhelmed. check out one or two, see what they say, then check out one or two more.
i welcome any suggestions for additions to this list.
-- susie margaret
-- check out these websites -- http://www.coverageforall.org/finder/index.php , http://www.freeclinics.us/freeclinic.php , http://www.needymeds.org/free_clinics.taf , http://www.findahealthcenter.hrsa.gov , http://www.freemedicalcamps.com/index.php , http://www.pparx.org/en/prescription_assistance_programs/free_clinic_finder , http://community.catholiccharitiesusa.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=292&srcid=288 , http://www.211.org , and http://www.copays.org ;
-- check out this website -- http://www.patientadvocate.org/report.php , be sure to click on both national and state organizations;
-- check out the website for the "live united" campaign of the united way -- http://www.liveunited.org -- and use the "search our site" box at the right in the second blue ribbon to do a "search" for your city or state to find medical care programs in your area;
-- call your city, county, or state dept of health and dept of family services (or something that sounds equivalent), and ask if there are free or low-cost clinics in your area;
-- go to the website for your state government, e.g., http:// www.your_state.gov , and click on every social services link you can find;
-- look for free or low-cost clinics at nearby medical schools, divinity schools, large hospitals, and university graduate programs in nursing, social work, or psychology; often students who are close to graduation provide health care under the close supervision of their instructors;
-- see if any hospitals near you have a social worker; often they have very extensive knowledge of their own and other hospital and community resources;
-- call the legal aid office to see if they know of programs for free or low-cost medical care;
-- check with churches, synagogues, and mosques to see if they have someone who does counseling; with many of these, you do not have to be a member, their only concern is that you are a person in need; and
-- check out these websites to determine your eligibility for various govt assistance programs -- https://www.benefitscheckup.org/index.cfm?partner_id=0 , http://www.govbenefits.gov/govbenefits_en.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=gbcc_page_home&_nfls=false , and http://www.eldercare.gov/Eldercare.NET/Public/Home.aspx .View Thread
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December of 2010 came, just a few short weeks before he was set to deploy. My husband started to behave erratically, but we chalked it up to the nerves of a first deployment, until one night I woke up to him crying and telling me I should leave him. The next day I had him make an appointment with mental health. That's when the diagnosis's started to coming down. Depression. Anxiety. Insomnia. Psychosis Not Otherwise Specified.
I asked him what I could do to help, the only thing he wanted was for me to treat him the same. All the medication he was on seemed to be working, so I did as he asked and treated him like he was normal. Then one night he went outside with the dog and came back in with his arm sliced open and an empty bottle of sleeping pills in his hand.
I spent the week he was in the hospital obsessing over what I did to cause this. Maybe the house wasn't clean enough, or I wasn't loving enough, whatever it was I was determined that it was my fault and I wasn't going to let it happen again.
After that I became more involved in his treatment. He suffered memory loss from his overdose, so I took over reminding him when he had appointments, to take his pills, where he left his wallet, when was the last time he changed his contacts. I go on walks with him, sometimes at 3 a.m. to help ease his panic attacks. I completely took over the housework so he would have one less thing to worry about. I became so wrapped up in making him as happy and safe as possible that I failed out of college.
In addition to his depression, my husband is also a narcissist. His failures and mistakes became my fault. His want's took priority over mine. When we made plans for the weekend he would suddenly change his mind, or become sick, or throw out his back. At first I just swallowed my hurt because I thought 'depression can make you sick, it can make you hurt,' but then the new pills started to work. For almost a year things got better, and while he wasn't 100%, he was my husband again.
But now he has begun to change again. When he comes home from work all he can talk about is how terrible his day was, how everyone he works with are lazy and stupid. He has begun to joke about suicide, stopped taking his pills, started drinking alot, and lashing out at me (not physically). He says he is just stressed because he is waiting on his discharge paperwork, but I'm scared.
I've started to stay awake while he is sleeping to make sure he doesn't try anything, only napping while he works. I've also informed his psychiatrist and his therapist of his change in behavior, but this nagging feeling in my gut just won't go away. I'm exhausted, I'm drained, I'm feeling resentful, and hating myself for feeling this way. I'm only 23, but I feel like I'm 90. I just want to know that I'm not the only one going through this.View Thread
when i was 16 i was told i had clinical depression whatever that means and i was told in 2006 i might have PTSD by the same people that just told my its "situational depression"....
from december to now my dad disowned me, my 6 year old bother died and best friends died...life is getting rough i guess but as of two weeks ago it climaxed...suddenly i turned outwordly hostile, MASSIVE depression and anxiety kicked in and it feels unstoppable. 9 days ago i went to hang my self 9 days ago and was found by my friend and brought to crisis center...they put me on a 72 safety watch..i have a counselor appointment in 27 days...27 days.... everything feels like im kenneled..like im locked into a box with no one on the outside...its making me screw up work..im going off on friends for nothing...im destroying my life and relationships...i need help so bad its not funny....my mom has anxiety and thyroid problems and she thinks i may have gotten it from her but i dont know if i can buy that...
what do i do? how do i make it through the day when all i wanna do is lock myself away and drown out the world with sad music which oddly enough is the only thing to make me feel better...
im not suicidal right now but i cant live like this..not one more day.....are there excersizes i can do???please help me...it came at me so sudden..its like getting punched in the face with one big depressing rock....
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so I will see what happens with the abilify and follow up with him in 1 month. I am going to take a nap now. I did take his advise and go exercise for about an hr, that felt good but now I feel exactly like I always do...exhausted. I am going to try to exercise every day and see if it helps with my energy level as he says it should, its just so hard to get motivated, maybe the med change will help
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I am writing to apologise to you all as well as to thank you.
I have been doing a lot of thinking during the night (it is early morning here) and reading back on posts. I am ditching my plan, it was a STUPID plan, thank you all for helping me see that!
My new idea, is indeed to go away for the weekend, I really need some me time (safely) I will work on where I can go later. I will tell my dr what my plan was, I am not sure it will make a big difference but will tell her anyway.
I recognise that my mood has dropped markedly and appears to being going lower by the day, I am going to look at getting some time off work, my preference is to take leave (a bit of self control) rather than sick leave.
I still have the meds, when I feel a bit better I will dispose of them, not quite ready yet.
I am still desperate for some sleep/rest, although I have to say I am don't feel too tired with my 2 to 3 hours I just want a break from my head bouncing.
I am going to try very hard today to stay safe but going to take it minute by minute if I have to and going to really focus on not being too hard on myself if I let everyone down.
Thanks for reading and ongoing care and love, I feel each and everyone of your words and thoughts (got me through the last 36 hours which is a slight miracle)
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C xView Thread
I am tired of dealing with depression. I'm on meds, and they're not helping enough. I'm tired of being a loser mom because I can't be energetic and engaged with my toddler. I'm tired of being depressed and being a drag on my whole family. I know they just wish I would magically get better and not be such a loser.
You know how some people say "Thanks, Mom, for not aborting me, I'm glad you kept me" or something like that? Well, I disagree. It would be much preferable to have been aborted or never been born. Those babies should be considered lucky, they get to go straight to the afterlife. Hopefully it's a little better than this one. Much better to not be conceived in the first place, then you never have to experience the suffering in this life.
I would love to exit this life, but I'm tied down by my obligations to friends and family, and I wouldn't hurt them that way either by doing something drastic. My little toddler wouldn't be very well off without me. But that's the only real reason I keep going. It's not for me...I don't care about me. But for my kid, and my husband, I will stay here a little while longer.View Thread
It's another one of those days. Up early, I will try to go back sleep, seeing if the Mummy will do the trick.
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Hang in there, deep breaths, one hour at a time. We can do this.View Thread
I have a problem because I am bipolar but when the depression cycle begins, it seems to get longer and longer. This last one was almost 3 months and what that means, I'm in bed all this time. I do nothing and I feel that one of these days, the depression cycle will attack again and maybe I won't ever come out of it. This scares me a lot. The depression is so severe that my body doesn't move, it's like it's frozen.View Thread
Last week I didn't feel too good. I was sad and started to cry. Then later on, I felt lightheaded / out of touch with the world, I couldn't think straight. I couldn't really feel my feet it felt like my feet and arms where going numb. Also my hands where tingiling and they felt kinda sweaty.
I don't think I've felt that way before or not to this extent, I was just wondering if it was from Anxiety/panic attack or what it was from. I don't want to feel that way again.View Thread
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