What is it like to live with someone who suffers from depression?
I’ve been in a relationship for seven years. I suffer from depression, but he didn’t want me to take medication. So our relationship suffered. Sometimes I would cry for no reason. And refuse to go out to social engagements that we had already accepted. Shout at him. I even hit him once. I just wanted to die. I kept on thinking of ways to kill myself that would look like an accident because I didn’t want to hurt his feelings. And then , finally, he said that I can go on medication. I cried with relief when I get the prescription. The meds only really start working in full force two to six weeks after starting them. I can remember that first day that I felt well. I woke up and finally there wasn’t all these millions of worries and thoughts crowding in my head. I felt so free. He cried when he realised how much better I was on medication and what he had been withholding from both of us by not letting me take it. I did try to go off the meds, but it didn’t work. I felt terrible so quickly.
