About comments from MIL over mental health

[Orangesandlemons77]

I've been struggling with depression recently and I saw my doctor and had my fluoxetine increased which is thankfully working.

But now I am feeling a bit better I am reflecting on some of the unhelpful comments I have had from MIL recently. For example "the only one who can help you is yourself' 'you will be rattling with all those pills' 'Antidepressants are terrible / addictive" for example.

If I had struggled on myself I would be pretty unwell by now. Thankfully I have a good doctor who responded quickly to help me. But it has made me think about the future, I think I will look after myself from now on and MIL who I have been supporting quite a bit (might have even led to me getting worse) will have to fend for themselves now.

I actually feel quite relieved / less guilty. I do have teenage children and a husband and of course I will support them but the others - well not so much.

Which generation? Based on what OP told us, she could be anything from 50 to 95. Or do you just hate all older people?

Ask yourself how much you understood about depression and medication until it affected you.

But also ask yourself why you're the one supporting your husband's mother so much instead of him?

Does he know that by leaving it to you it may have affected your mental health?

Agree with this. I don’t tell anyone anything. If I feel I need to talk or want support I get it anonymously online.

‘Shopping trips’? Do you want to go on shopping trips with her? Or are you going out of habit or a need to feel that you’re supporting her? She doesn’t feel the need to support you, so I’d be thinking twice about that one.