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Lance,
 
This is so hard.  I know you want to be there for your kids and you are doing everything in your power to bring yourself back to them.  Do they know how hard you are working?  All of this happened fairly recently.  Give them time.  Your efforts will not go unnoticed.  Focus on your goals and you will get there. What would you like to be able to tell your son if you could talk to him?
 
Stay strong.
 


Ashley, Health Educator
14 years ago 0 194 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
I just got off the phone with my step daughter. She will talk to me. My son that I love so very much and miss just got his license two weeks ago. I didnt know. He then asked what now? What do I have to look forward to? Work all my life and Die? What else?        Im not there to answer that. It is hard, all I had in my llife was my kids and work. Now I dont have my kids. How do you make pain like this better?
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Going off the Mitazipine, not doing well and going back on has been the factor over the past couple weeks that has created a change in the way I have been.

I was feeling pretty good, doing a LOT, being positive and optomistic. Now Im sad, down, feeling hopeless again. I tend to think about whats wrong in this state as opposed to whats right. Although its very little their was a little right. I dont know, I just am plain down, sleeping too much. I hope it gets better soon.

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Hi Lance,
 
I'm sorry that you are dealing with all of this, you are dealing with quite a bit right now. Remember, that we are always here for you and are always here to listen. Try to think back to how you were feeling a few weeks ago and what you were doing to feel that way. What has changed to cause you to go through a difficult time?  Keep posting, we will always listen!
 
 
 


Samantha, Health Educator
14 years ago 0 6 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0
hey lance... i'm sorry to hear about your current perceived relationship with your children.  i've learned you can't say anything it's all done on actions.  first and foremost you have to make yourself better before anyone else can see it.  how long have you been on this program.  i'm fairly new, and just opening up to the suggestions and methods.  i am married and have 3 children 14, 10, 6... i know that my marriage is slipping, as is my relationships with my family, friends and kids as well.  but i have to work on my self and ME better before i can worry about what other people think.  IT IS getting better though.  from the changes and things that my kids and wife see.  me helping around the house, not sleeping til all hours of the afternoon.  it's hard yes, i hate the way i feel, but i am making changes to rectify that hopefully.  i want to be normal as well... and just me my old self.  good luck, stay in touch and keep your head up.
14 years ago 0 194 logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo logo 0

What can I say, I have a son 19 and a daughter 17. Through all my issues with depression, being bipolar, panic attacks and alcohol use, I ruined our relationship. They want nothing to do with me right now. I havnt seen them in almost a year. I miss thim and love them a lot. I used to mean something to them, I used to be there, I used to give them all I could, as they got older I wasnt able to give of myself. I have a relationship issue as well. I was a good dad when they were little and needy, but when they became their own person, I didnt know how to relate. lately im tore up again missing them, when my depression issues are worse, so is everything else. 

This episode of trying to go off meds just made everything so bad. I want to sleep period. I was doing pretty good too. Is anything ever going to be better? I have been dealing with all this for 8 years now. I just want to be somewhat normal. To feel right, get up a have energy and be productive. 


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