son quits teaching job although having 1 child after wife cheats and leaves, son takes her back,but quits job, wife has twins,son gets job, quits, son tries on-line business, fails, wife cheats comes back, son won't find job,rarely leaves house,son still not working, wife cheats again, comes back, son still not working expecting another baby, wife works with good job, son stays home with kids,very bad anger episodes, harsh with children, losing all feeling for life and wife threatening to leave again, but not stirring emotions very much in my son. I tell him that his torment will return when wife finds new man that kids will grow fond of and try to let him remember the agony he experienced with his kids with mom's other potential boyfriends/step fathers and hearing them talk about them. kids only 4 and 9.prob wrong for me to do. son has lost interest in having a family and life in general. loves children deeply even though very irresponsible. out of character for him to be so poor with logic. has appt with chestnut ridge hosp. 11th of dec. i fear he will never function in life again.....all antidep. meds didn't help. on wellbutrin, has been on zoloft lexapro,cellexa, never had coctail of meds though..he wants to "be dead" help cathyahen@yahoo.com
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I'm sorry you are suffering with the family problem. I am glad that he has an appointment, though it is a bit far off. He surely does sound depressed to me; has he been able to express what he thinks has caused him to feel so hopeless? There are plenty of other medicines to try, and talk therapy with a psychologist has good benefits also.
Continue to give him support if you can, and encourage him to look forward to that appointment. Perhaps you could use some therapy yourself, as all this sounds like it has drained you of some of your own hope? Family therapy can be a good thing, allowing all to see that others are also suffering, and that together you can help each other get well. TC
I hope that the session goes well today for him. I am sorry things are going so badly for him and you at the moment. He does sound depressed to me as well. Hopefully the discussion with the staff there brings out something that you all can work with.