Friday, October 19, 2007

No Relief

This morning I got up and made breakfast for B and J. B has a cross country meet today and I wanted to make sure he had some carbs in his system. J never eats breakfast with us, (sleep is more important) but I generally make something for him to take to school. Yesterday I took J to a neurologist because he has been having a lot of headaches. The neurologist prescribed three different meds for him to take indicating that the headaches were likely a result of his recent wake board fall. Unfortunately, last night I was in clickerville and completely antisocial so I did not check on Josh to make sure he took his meds. This morning I realized he had not taken them and I called upstairs asking him to please come downstairs and take his meds right away. I have to add the "right away" or he will forget to take them. I asked him in a calm and respectful voice. He screams back "I am changing". That sent me over the edge... I don't deserve that disrespect, had just made his breakfast and the whole point in asking him to take his meds was to help him! Normally I can roll with this crap but with my current bout of depression it hit me pretty hard. I grabbed my keys and basically stormed out of the house muttering " you people must be blind". Thirty minutes later I am sitting in front of the coffee shop trying to enjoy my rare caffeine treat. I feel a little better but right now life basically sucks.

There is something very wrong in my life when I wish that I would have a heart attack and die. I would never want to leave my family as I know that they are better off with me then without. But I just wish that I would feel better. I am seriously thinking of changing therapists as I have been at this for about three months and I am definitely worse of today then when I started. I also am quickly losing faith in this Lamictal shit. I am starting to wonder if it is worsening my mood. I am up the the half dose and I will probably ride it out till I get to full dose. Then I will decide whether to continue with it or not.

1 comment:

GaP said...

I feel for you, my brother...I've stared at that black abyss before...But it comes down to a choice. If you choose not to check out, then it only behooves you let go of the darkness anyway you can...and if you persevere, the storm clouds will pass...I know this sounds like Disney/Harmony Hut bullshit...but I've been through the futility tunnel and emerged on the other side...With meds, with some growth, and dammit...just some stubborness...And if I can do it, so can you...Hang in there, buddy...NO one has the complete answer...and those that say they do are full of sh*t...GaP