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| Moms and Dads with Depression |
| Public group from Westford, MA |
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I see this is a small group, but sometimes that's nice.
I'm Kelly Lee, a 41yo homeschooling mother. My kids are Josh, 21, Daniel, almost 16, and Rachel, 11.
I enjoy reading, being on the internet, scrapbooking and playing with my 4 cats and 1 dog.
I've been suffering from Major Depression since early adolescence and am now on disability because the symptoms (fatigue, headaches, instability, cognitive problems) have gotten so severe.
I'm going to include something funny that happened today if you don't mind:
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I stepped into the shower today (after stepping on the scale and clapping because I saw 165 instead of 180).
I washed my hair, and soaped and rinsed my body (try NOT to get a visual here! LOL). I then picked up my razor - a risky task in any circumstance because I'm blind as a cave fish and can't wear my glasses in the shower (I've tried!) and I have tremors because of my LITHIUM.
I got everything as shaved as I could and was getting ready to get out. But I decided I'd see if the razor needed to the thrown away since this was it's second use.
I hold it up, right in the shower spray - DUH! - I move it out of the shower spray. I'm squinting hard at it (because I'm still in the shower and my glasses are not) and I can't see it very well. It takes a few seconds to register that the problem is not my eyes, it is my hand! It's shaking so much I can't see razor well. So I automatically put up my other hand to steady it - and that makes it worse because the hands aren't in sync with their tremors! LOL
By this time I'm laughing so hard the tears in my eyes would have obscured the razor even if I wasn't having problems.
I decided it would be safest to just put the razor down and get out of the shower before I slipped and fell.
I still don't know if I need to throw that razor away! LOL
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| Posted by Kelly on 06/05/2007 10:56 AM
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| OOps kelly. I just found your post. I'm trying tro navigate this darn site but I seem to be failing...Thanks for your story LOL. Dumb question but...what about contacts? |
| posted by Sally on 06/05/2007 03:24 PM
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| I used to wear them but my correction is so severe that I can't get as good vision from contacts as from glasses - plus I have dry eyes and that complicates things! |
| posted by Kelly on 06/05/2007 03:36 PM
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Hi Kelly,
I too am on disability. Things get/are really tough around here. Has your illness affected your parenting?
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| posted by Sally on 06/07/2007 08:55 PM
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It does affect my parenting because sometimes I sleep all day, some days I'm very cranky, I have a hard time remembering when they tell me things, and some days I'm wonderful.
My hubby and I have talked to the kids (they are 11 & 15) about depression as an illness and why I act like I do sometimes. They try to be considerate of my needs.
But every once in a while I get to feeling guilty that they are having to grow up with a mom who has problems.
But I love them and they love me and we try really hard to make it work out. |
| posted by Kelly on 06/07/2007 09:33 PM
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I'm confused Kelly. I'm trying to reply to the message about you handling your depression around your kids but I can't find that post??
Sally |
| posted by Sally on 06/08/2007 09:24 PM
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Hi Sally -
If you mean the post just above your last one (saying you couldn't find it), that's it. I included it in this thread. To start a new thread (topic), you go to list of messages and click on "Post" at the bottom. I'll do one now so you can see. But everytime you "Reply" - it just adds to the thread (or list of messages under one topic) that you are already in.
Kelly |
| posted by Kelly on 06/09/2007 07:41 AM
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