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<blockquote data-quote="pepperidge" data-source="post: 280397" data-attributes="member: 2322"><p>Thanks ladies for your insights.</p><p></p><p>He did go the family doctor (that's how he got the prescription for Zoloft, we'll see if that helps). He is also considering seeing a therapist here (he has in past elsewhere, just needs a gentle shove in that direction I think). Maybe both will make a difference.</p><p></p><p>I'm also going to encourage him to take B vitamins, thanks Nomad. He goes bicycling a lot outside, so its not lack of exercise, I am going to try to go with him more (though I can't keep up), maybe something for us to do together. But hard in summer since one of us basically has to be home if our two kids are home alone. The daily verbal abuse from difficult child#2 takes a toll, particularly on my husband who tries so hard with him (takes him fishing etc etc). </p><p></p><p>I found a suicide note that he had written a few years ago (scared the &(#)(@ out of me) when I was looking in his desk drawer for a checkbook, but he has never tried and claims not to be that depressed anymore. He doesn't threaten or take about it at all. But is is a constant niggling worry in the back of my mind. </p><p></p><p>Sometimes (ok a lot of the time) I just want to run away from husband and the difficult children. Do you ever just think, how am I going to get through the next ten years with my own mental health intact? </p><p></p><p>P.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pepperidge, post: 280397, member: 2322"] Thanks ladies for your insights. He did go the family doctor (that's how he got the prescription for Zoloft, we'll see if that helps). He is also considering seeing a therapist here (he has in past elsewhere, just needs a gentle shove in that direction I think). Maybe both will make a difference. I'm also going to encourage him to take B vitamins, thanks Nomad. He goes bicycling a lot outside, so its not lack of exercise, I am going to try to go with him more (though I can't keep up), maybe something for us to do together. But hard in summer since one of us basically has to be home if our two kids are home alone. The daily verbal abuse from difficult child#2 takes a toll, particularly on my husband who tries so hard with him (takes him fishing etc etc). I found a suicide note that he had written a few years ago (scared the &(#)(@ out of me) when I was looking in his desk drawer for a checkbook, but he has never tried and claims not to be that depressed anymore. He doesn't threaten or take about it at all. But is is a constant niggling worry in the back of my mind. Sometimes (ok a lot of the time) I just want to run away from husband and the difficult children. Do you ever just think, how am I going to get through the next ten years with my own mental health intact? P. [/QUOTE]
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