can depression come and go?

[sassari]

or is it likely to be something else?

[Vornsta]

yes, esp if you have just had a baby

[mamama]

I think it comes in waves - some days don't seem quite so bad. Then you have a few horrible days and remember how awful it can be. Are you ok?

[podgybum]

I suffer from depression and it can be murder. After nearly a year of taking pills I am now coming off them and hope to deal with day to day problems without them. The thing I hated the most was crying all the time and at the drop of a hat. What I would say to anyone is it not a crime to ask for help in fact you must for your own sanity.

[boredwithlife]

Absolutely! Up and down all the time, me.

[podgybum]

Agree with boredwithlife and I think your name sums it up totally. It's Tuesday and the week isn't bad so far but it doesn't take much to put me down.

[MusicLover]

Most definately it can!
I have suffered with depression on & off for around 10 yrs. I was on AD's for about 8 yrs on & off too, until I finally decided to wean myself off them aobut 18 months ago. I then started to take St John's Wort which helped really.
I heard though that you should have breaks from taking them, for a reason I am unsure of. So a few weeks ago I decided to stop taking them!

Today I am feeling very LOW, to the point where I feel Im getting depressed again! I really dont want to go down that road again, as the whole family suffers when I do. But If Im honest I have probably felt this building up for a week or so.
I have been irritable, snappy & shouting at the kids. Yesterday I told DH I felt like running off & could understand why mothers left their kids!!! How awful is that? Then I spend my time beating myself up on how I have been towards my kids. A vicious circle I reckon!
Because my mum suffered with depression too, & was not a nice mum most of the time (very stressy/controlling) I see myself as her & thats what finally makes me feel like I am today. Im hating myself for being the same as HER!

Sorry to rant on & take over the thread, but just feel so low today. Lots of old issues gone on in my life & I finally thought I had come to a point where I was dealing with it, but it rears its ugly head once again!

Just spoke to DH who is so supportive & he says he has noticed a change in me too, & wants the old me back. I know I can pick myself up again as Ive done it before, but just finding that I have no GO in me at all at the moment. Im finding it hard work to get myself to do anything! Shower, cleaning, shopping, doing anything with the children!!! Im just feeling abit negaitive atm.

sassari, are you feeling like me hun? Have you suffered for long?

[sunny1georgia]

musiclover i greatly smpathise i have been suffering with depression on and off 4 years i have 4 children and when i feel myself gettin low find it hard to cope some days i feel so tierd i wish i could just stay in bed and b left alone. then i feel bad, and beat myself up about it, ive realised now my mum also suffers from depression, i know it can b hard but stay strong, pilates is good to help with relaxzation. smile

[Kelly1978]

I agree with mamama. I'm on AD's and can sometimes have a week fo feeling on top of the world and wondering should I really even be taking them?! And then the next week I will be barely keeping my head above water. I think if you suspect depression, go to your gp, they are going to be the best qualified to assess.