I would appreciate some advice about how I can most usefully support my friend.
She had severe PND 3 years ago after her 2nd child, and is still unwell. On medication, with a CPN and under a psychiatrist. They consider she is stable on medication, and that the doses are correct. but she often appears dazed, very sluggish and without any motivation for anything.
Her family relationships are in dissarray, and she is on her own, friends have melted away, and I try to pop in regularly, but I don't seem to be having any success in getting her out to do things.
For those of you who have had depression and recovered, can external efforts at motivation help? eg what are you going to do today? will you going for a walk? have you done this or that?
There has been some of that from MH services, but that seems to have stopped. Or does she have to get to the point of finding her own motivation?
I don't mean that I will stop popping in for a coffee etc, but really, does nagging help?!