(September 26, 2013 at 9:06 am)Doubting Thomas Wrote: Welcome to AF. I'm also 42 but so far no midlife crisis. I'm sorry you're suffering from depression, but religion is not the way to go, IMO. Especially not Christianity because a lot of Christians believe that we are worthless and deserve to be destroyed or sent to eternal torture by God just because he made us. Other Christians seem to not understand how anyone can be unhappy when they've heard the "good news" that God loves them, etc. Not particularly helpful for depression.
I'll just second the idea of taking your meds with the addition to have lots of sex with your wife. Nobody is unhappy during an orgasm.
46 never married female who is also very depressed and cannot find a purpose. My 15 y/o daughter was kicked out of school in May after what I thought was a promising year and things where heading in a positive direction. I walked out on my job and have not been able to recover my confidence, concentration, or anything worth meaning. I unlike yourself have no friends or family in the area and with my depression being so bad I am alienating my family. I think they are very disappointed that I have not bounced back and returned to work. I wish I had some accomplishments to be proud of, but it would seem my daughter hates me and did not want to live with me the last 15 years and is now living with her father. She was the reason I worked so hard to try and do the best for her to succeed. I want to move and get away from all the reminders of failure but that is overwhelming.
I am looking into TMS, have you thought about that instead of the meds?
