Topic Title: Comforting to read.......
| |  "Comforting to read......."
, Thu 29 Jan 15:09
I am a 33 year old male and going through a lot of changes in my life right now. My wife and I live in seperate places due to an occupational change and see each other on the weekends until we can be together again when my job ends in several months. We found out in December that we are going to have a baby...our first. Up until a few weeks ago, I have been happy, healthy, and looking forward to the future with hardly a care in the world. Then like a ton of bricks, I was hit with this overbearing saddness. Dwelling on how fast time has passed and dreading getting older and my own mortality. It seems like just yesterday, I was 16. I know in my heart this will pass. I know it is due to so many of the changes I am going through. I know it is because I am basically in a place where I am alone. I want to enjoy life, getting older, and becoming a parent and growing old with my wife. And to think, I chose this time to quit smokeless tobacco...I don't know if I am depressed or not. I know what it is like to be depressed. About 10 years ago I had CFS and took Welbutrin, which helped a lot. I am hoping SJW helps lift the weight off of me. I just started today and for some funny reason, my head seems "lighter" and it seems easier to focus on less negative things.
Q: Is this something I will have to continue taking?? or can I eventually stop?
I think this is a great forum. I enjoy reading everyone's comments.
Thanks for letting me vent. :)
Posts: 0 | | Registered: Thu 29 Jan 2004 14:54 |
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| | "Re(1):Comforting to read......." , Tue 23 Mar 19:23
Bandb5,
I can relate to some of what you are saying. I am a 38 year old married man and have 3 daughters. When I was 30 I found out my wife was pregnant (first time) and began to feel overwhelmed. By the time she was born I began to go from moderate depression to severe and could only think negative thoughts. I was feeling the weight of being a dad and knowing this was a lifetime commitment, I was unhappy in my job and I didn't think I could ever afford a house. I was so depressed I became zomby-like and had to go an a strong ant-depressent since I could not sleep at all! Anyway, I wish I had known about St. John's wort back then. I encourage you to stay on it for a while even after the baby is born because the changes (though all good) are significant when becoming a dad. Best wishes to you and congratulations on the upcoming birth!
Posts: 22 | | Registered: Sat 23 Aug 2003 15:35 |
| | "Re(1):Comforting to read......." , Sat 31 Jan 16:10
Hi I don't post much, but I hope things worked out for you and congratulations on the baby. I am kind of new to sjw to and hoping it works for certain reasons. I don't know if you know Kelly has a lot of information on the home page regarding sjw and what I did is search the net some information I read didn't sound so great stuff that’s not on the home page and some sounded good. Everyone is different and not everyone can take certain herbs vitamins and such. My son is almost 16 and is the best thing that happens to me so far a great kid and I hope stays that way but it’s not the easiest job in the world I pretty much raises him on my own. I think you’re just overwhelmed having a baby changes a lot of things in your life. If you can stop smoking that would be the best think you can do for yourself and your new baby to come.
Bye
Posts: 17 | | Registered: Mon 3 Nov 2003 20:15 |
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