Feeling low and tearful a lot.

[onemorecakeplease]

Or perhaps it’s just hormones I don’t know?

I feel quite down most of the time, and horribly moody and cross mid month. I usually have a day when I am best avoided as I can be so grumpy. I can cry over the simplest thing and find myself in tears just over nothing. I am really sensitive so happy things make me cry too!

I really hate it. About half the time I feel sad and like there is no point to anything. I love my dc and our life is fine, not fireworks or anything but I am lucky to have a hard working dh, two great kids, nice home - we don’t have a lot of money but that’s life.

I don’t have any reason to feel this way really and it’s spoiling our family time. I would love to feel happy more than I do but I don’t know where to start.

Dh said he heard a debate on the radio about lack of seratonin making people have low moods and that there are a new range of antidepressants you can take. But I’d feel such a fraud going into the doctor saying yeah I don’t feel very happy can I have some pills please?!

Does anyone else feel like this and if so, what do you do about it?

I was like that and it was spoiling family time for me too. But the last couple of days I've developed a much better relationship with my 2.5 yo DS, he's always been a daddy's boy and never listened to mummy but now he listens to me and tells me he loves me and gives me cuddles. And I think he can sense I am less stressed.. reason being is that I am on Sertraline. I'm starting to see a improvement in how I feel and that seems to be being noticed by DS as he's acting up less and he's happier :)

I would recommend an appointment with your GP, don't let it continue assuming that it will improve. It was the best thing I did getting medical help because it was ruining my relationship with DS and DP. I just wish I went sooner!!

Sertraline is that an antidepressant - How much do you take and how does it make you feel - any side effects?

I guess I will have to bite the bullet and make an appointment. Feels like I’m failing by admitting I need help. But that doesn’t make sense does it.