Feeling Hopeless 😢

[Penguin13]

I’m feeling so hopeless at the moment. I have been suffering from depression for 3 years and I have been receiving treatment in the form of anti-depressants (for 6 months) and have completed my therapy sessions. I had been doing good with my treatment but recently I feel like I have been going backwards and this scares me because I don’t want to feel as bad as I did before.

I think the main reason for this is that my sister in law has lost her job and I’m very worried about her. My parents keep telling me that it’s not my worry but I hate feeling like their is nothing I can do but watch her suffer. Honestly I don’t know how long I can keep going like this - I just feel so empty and depressed. Any kind/supportive words are appreciated. Has anyone been through something similar and if so, how did you get through it?

[kateba]

Do you mean you took anti-depressants for 6 months then stopped? My understanding is that's not how they work. They need to be taken everyday. I know what you mean about going backwards. I'm dealing with that too. I don't think it's going backwards. At one time you had things on your plate and you could handle that with the medication you were on. But more things got added to the plate so the medication might need to be adjusted. Talk to your doctor and tell him what's going on.

[Penguin13 in reply to kateba]

No, I have been taking antidepressants everyday for the past 6 months and I am still taking them. But I intend to go to the doctor and see if they can help.

[Marshall64]

It sounds like you are an empathetic person and that is great. It can also work against you like it is now. Just remember it is something that you cannot control. It is hard not to try to control things but once you learn that there are things you can't control it will give you some peace. You can pray for her if you believe in that.

Talk to your doctor to see if they can up the dosage on your antidepressant or cross taper to a new medicine. I have gotten resistant to depressants and had to change although I usually go longer than 6 months but everyone is different.

[Penguin13]

Thanks for your advice. The thing is I don’t think it’s my medication because it was working fine before - I wonder if it’s just because of the stress of the past few months. I will go to a doctor and see if they can up my dose or try a new antidepressant.