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I think i'm mental

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doziduck · 28/06/2004 11:24

I have been on Prozac in the past. I stopped taking it because i didn't like the side effects and read few scare stories too.
I do cope with things without it and i am not even sure if i am depressed, maybe it's just the way i am although i was different on the prozac (i think)
It's mostly anxiety really, i worry so much. My partner has a job where he has to have a night or two away each week and because i couldn't bear to be left alone at night i was getting in a state and eventually his boss allowed him to be home every night. This week tho, some workers are on holiday and he's going to have to be away. he told me this morning and although i know i am being irrational it's ruined my whole week! when he used to be away every week i found it such an ordeal and because i never knew which nights it would be i spent all my time dreading it. I don't mind being on my own it's being alone with the children. I am already panicking my youngest might come down with some dreaded illness. I am ashamed of being such a wuss, i am pathetic. If he said he was going away for a week i'm sure i'd have a nervous breakdown. I know this is not normal. I almost feel like i am still a child! I'm 29 FGS
Should i be on antidepressants if this is how i am? Help!

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boudicca · 28/06/2004 11:27

Could you get a friend or family to keep you company?

mummytosteven · 28/06/2004 11:50

Hi Doziduck - I know exactly how you feel - i had a lot of problems with anxiety and depression when pregnant (on prozac and feeling a lot better now) but will still feel anxious when dh (and it is when) is away for the night (he's not been for months). I would never say to anyone that they should take meds - but you may want to consider meds or maybe counselling or even cognitive behaviour therapy. The anxiety sounds to me a bit like PND.As for the meds - there are loads and loads of different ADs so if you don't like Prozac there are others you should try - I would say avoid Seroxat coz it is hard to withdraw from. In the short term it is good to have a friend or family if you feel like this, but in the long term it is important to feel OK when you are on your own. Could you get some nice bubble bath/book/film so you have something to look forward to when you have to be on your own?

mummytosteven · 28/06/2004 19:26

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