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<blockquote data-quote="JoKalsbeek" data-source="post: 2121781" data-attributes="member: 401801"><p>Type 2 here, but intimately familiar with depression. For one thing: your pancreas isn't working. That is NOT your fault, and no failing is involved whatsoever. Would you call another T1 a failure for needing to inject more some days than others? Secondly, depression and anxiety are medical conditions, just like any other. I know my brain isn't wired right (or rather, there's a chemical imbalance), and while I can't fix that due to the side effects of the medication, I'm know I'm a freak and for other people things wouldn't get so severe: It could well be that for you, those meds could change your outlook on life entirely! (Amitriptyline worked wonders until I had to stop.). You don't <em>have to</em> feel the way that you do. Therapy could help too... It's time to start taking care of you.<em> Because you're worth it. </em>And do involve your spouse... For all you know he thinks you've gone off him entirely, rather than there being something else bothering you. It helps to know what your other half is going through. He could be supportive, if he'd just know what was going on. </p><p></p><p>You might want to pick up Jenny Lawson's Let's Pretend This Never Happened and Furiously Happy. You might read some stuff in there that'll ring true for you too. And it just might make you laugh in spite of yourself. I know that's what Jenny does for me.</p><p></p><p>Good luck,</p><p>Jo</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JoKalsbeek, post: 2121781, member: 401801"] Type 2 here, but intimately familiar with depression. For one thing: your pancreas isn't working. That is NOT your fault, and no failing is involved whatsoever. Would you call another T1 a failure for needing to inject more some days than others? Secondly, depression and anxiety are medical conditions, just like any other. I know my brain isn't wired right (or rather, there's a chemical imbalance), and while I can't fix that due to the side effects of the medication, I'm know I'm a freak and for other people things wouldn't get so severe: It could well be that for you, those meds could change your outlook on life entirely! (Amitriptyline worked wonders until I had to stop.). You don't [I]have to[/I] feel the way that you do. Therapy could help too... It's time to start taking care of you.[I] Because you're worth it. [/I]And do involve your spouse... For all you know he thinks you've gone off him entirely, rather than there being something else bothering you. It helps to know what your other half is going through. He could be supportive, if he'd just know what was going on. You might want to pick up Jenny Lawson's Let's Pretend This Never Happened and Furiously Happy. You might read some stuff in there that'll ring true for you too. And it just might make you laugh in spite of yourself. I know that's what Jenny does for me. Good luck, Jo [/QUOTE]
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