How can I help my partner through depression? He’s been in bed for 2 days.

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Both me and my partner suffer with depression. With mine it helps when I have my partners support and I need more affection to lift me up.
with his depression he wants to be left alone. I am current doing therapy for my issues.

He went to the doctor on Monday who changed his meds and signed him off work for a couple of weeks.
since then he’s been sleeping lots and he’s just been in bed for 2 days and won’t get up for anything.
the doctor suggested he starts counselling but he’s refusing to do that.

my anxiety is through the roof, worrying about him which is making my depression worse.
I don’t know what to do for the best. I don’t know how to cope with how I’m feeling because I don’t know how to help him.

move tried focusing on myself but I just can’t.

please any advice is so so welcome

This sounds very difficult op, sorry you're both struggling. Is he meeting his basic needs? - taking the new meds, drinking water/juice, eating something every day? If so then I would just leave it another day or two before gently encouraging him to try small tasks such as brushing teeth, washing face. Have you talked to him about what he wants in terms of support? I understand you are worried about him but unless he is self harming he's not in any danger spending a few days in bed catching up on sleep and using sleep to numb emotions. If it was going on for weeks then would be the time to worry x

He’s eating a little and drinking. But he just won’t talk to me. He said he will be fine when I ask if I can help and that he’s just tired. That’s all I get out of him.