Depression - Husband

[eve1974]

Wish me luck. Having chat with mental health nurse (at gp) re husband.

Husb constantly angry, drinking too much (seriously a LOT - badly *** every night. won’t be tactile at all and he has zero motivation (unlike him normally )

Now I’m no medical person but I know my husband! There is something wrong.

. He was like this 4 years back and they put him on citalopram.(which he’s still on)

He’s exactly like he was before and not only is it sad to see but it is very difficult to live with (for me I’m walking on eggshell).

Husb has given his permission for me to speak to nurse on his behalf I just hope they take me seriously….. I don’t know if they will.

I want to ask if they will change his citalopram to something else.


I’m very concerned about him.

Anyone have any ideas how to get nurse to take me seriously…. New practice so we don’t have a relationship with any of the staff

[eve1974]

husb is day 3 on increased dose. No change yet obviously. He has also agreed to have some counselling (which totally gobsmacked me as I expected the suggestion to be met with resistance).

Very proud of him and praying he gets the "right" counsellor to hear and understand him. He had a tele appt this morning and this person will transfer his care to the appropriate member of the team.

It's hard as There are also mitigating circumstances atm - incl that we are leaving our current live in job in a few months (likely October) as had given in notice (long story - but I suspect that the working environment here was contributing to husbands low mood...not the entire thing but deffo not helping.)

I just want him to be himself again and not mr angry drinker. :(. Sad trying to help a loved one when we can't see what's going on inside their mind. He's a lovely man inside (I KNOW that) but is so hard to live with atm.

[pastafreak]

That's extremely encouraging eve. I hope he gets a counsellor who is empathetic and who he gets on with. Wishing you both all the best.