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Posted by Anne Rogers on October 1, 2009, 11:27 pm
Well, I met with my pastor, my husband and a friend on Wednesday
morning, apparently all my problems are due to my weak faith and that I
repeat untruths to myself (curious as I rarely talk my self down and
it's never been to do with faith). I am so hurt and there is literally
no one to support me, my friends are the members of the church (remember
we'll have lived in the US 3 years tomorrow).
Last time I had postpartum depression I kind of compartmentalised and
faith wasn't one of the necessary compartments, but I kept going through
the motions and everything turned out ok in the end.
Now it's the completely opposite, I went to the pastor voluntarily to
see if he could give me any help in not doing that this time and it's
turned into my depression being non existance and my faith being weak,
which is probably is as every time I meet with someone they tell me it
is, keep telling me that and I'll believe it as truth, instead they tell
me that I'm talking myself down. I rarely talk myself down, and if I do,
it's along the lines of I'm fat (which is true), or I don't like my new
haircut (also true).
Now I feel like I'm repeatedly being brought before a kangeroo court and
being told untruths, with depression not even mentioned.
I've now decided not to take my meds, maybe that will prove a point,
I've many sleepless nights to look forward to now.
I think I'd do better if I declared that I had no faith and never went
back to this so called church. My last church were so helpful, the
pastors wife was very ill with postpartum depression, a couple of years
before me, so the pastor actually had a clue.
Anne
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Posted by DiMa on October 2, 2009, 1:21 am
I think you really need to see a medical doctor who will help you.
Postpartum depression can't be healed with faith alone, you desperately need
help and I sincerely hope you get it sometime soon.
Please see a medical doctor and ask for help.
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> Well, I met with my pastor, my husband and a friend on Wednesday morning,
> apparently all my problems are due to my weak faith and that I repeat
> untruths to myself (curious as I rarely talk my self down and it's never
> been to do with faith). I am so hurt and there is literally no one to
> support me, my friends are the members of the church (remember we'll have
> lived in the US 3 years tomorrow).
> Last time I had postpartum depression I kind of compartmentalised and
> faith wasn't one of the necessary compartments, but I kept going through
> the motions and everything turned out ok in the end.
> Now it's the completely opposite, I went to the pastor voluntarily to see
> if he could give me any help in not doing that this time and it's turned
> into my depression being non existance and my faith being weak, which is
> probably is as every time I meet with someone they tell me it is, keep
> telling me that and I'll believe it as truth, instead they tell me that
> I'm talking myself down. I rarely talk myself down, and if I do, it's
> along the lines of I'm fat (which is true), or I don't like my new haircut
> (also true).
> Now I feel like I'm repeatedly being brought before a kangeroo court and
> being told untruths, with depression not even mentioned.
> I've now decided not to take my meds, maybe that will prove a point, I've
> many sleepless nights to look forward to now.
> I think I'd do better if I declared that I had no faith and never went
> back to this so called church. My last church were so helpful, the pastors
> wife was very ill with postpartum depression, a couple of years before me,
> so the pastor actually had a clue.
> Anne
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Posted by Anne Rogers on October 2, 2009, 1:29 am
DiMa wrote:
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> I think you really need to see a medical doctor who will help you.
> Postpartum depression can't be healed with faith alone, you desperately need
> help and I sincerely hope you get it sometime soon.
>
> Please see a medical doctor and ask for help.
>
>
I have an appointment on Wednesday, I hope to be dead by then.
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Posted by Michelle G. on October 2, 2009, 2:19 am
NO! NO! The depression will eventually go away. Just go see your doctor!
Get the appointment changed to an earlier time if possible. Go to the ER if
necessary. A lot of us have suffered with postpartum depression. You'll
get through this.
Keep emailing the group if that helps.
My thoughts and prayers are with you,
Michelle G.
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> DiMa wrote:
>> I think you really need to see a medical doctor who will help you.
>> Postpartum depression can't be healed with faith alone, you desperately
>> need help and I sincerely hope you get it sometime soon.
>> Please see a medical doctor and ask for help.
> I have an appointment on Wednesday, I hope to be dead by then.
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Posted by NightMist on October 2, 2009, 2:02 am
For the love of heaven don't just stop taking your meds!
First off all it will do is convince those nimrods that you are a
"weak woman", and you are not. The pastor has likely already made up
his mind and at that point there is no changing it. Your husband
probably feels helpless and perhaps a tad guilty, so he is grabbing on
because that makes it not his fault. Your husband will likely get
better after you do.
Second off sometimes quitting the drugs can cause side effects as or
more serious than ones that you might get while you were taking them.
My psychiatrist was very lax about warning me about such things. I
quit taking one because it was starting to cause tardive dyskinesia,
and quiting the drug caused spontaneous vomiting. I quit taking a
mood stabilizer called neurontin, and my MD thinks that that is what
is causing the back troubles I have been having. Neuropathic pain
either temporary or permanent is a side effect of suddenly quitting
taking the stuff.
Never ever quit taking psychotropic drugs without consulting a doctor
about it first. I could probably have saved myself a world of pain if
I had.
Look, the people who should be your support are failing you, badly.
Call a hotline, a crisis line, your local women's shelter, a mental
health clinic, the YWCA, somebody like that. There are people who can
help lift you up, they just don't happen to go to that particular
church.
NightMist
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>Well, I met with my pastor, my husband and a friend on Wednesday
>morning, apparently all my problems are due to my weak faith and that I
>repeat untruths to myself (curious as I rarely talk my self down and
>it's never been to do with faith). I am so hurt and there is literally
>no one to support me, my friends are the members of the church (remember
>we'll have lived in the US 3 years tomorrow).
>Last time I had postpartum depression I kind of compartmentalised and
>faith wasn't one of the necessary compartments, but I kept going through
>the motions and everything turned out ok in the end.
>Now it's the completely opposite, I went to the pastor voluntarily to
>see if he could give me any help in not doing that this time and it's
>turned into my depression being non existance and my faith being weak,
>which is probably is as every time I meet with someone they tell me it
>is, keep telling me that and I'll believe it as truth, instead they tell
>me that I'm talking myself down. I rarely talk myself down, and if I do,
>it's along the lines of I'm fat (which is true), or I don't like my new
>haircut (also true).
>Now I feel like I'm repeatedly being brought before a kangeroo court and
>being told untruths, with depression not even mentioned.
>I've now decided not to take my meds, maybe that will prove a point,
>I've many sleepless nights to look forward to now.
>I think I'd do better if I declared that I had no faith and never went
>back to this so called church. My last church were so helpful, the
>pastors wife was very ill with postpartum depression, a couple of years
>before me, so the pastor actually had a clue.
>Anne
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> apparently all my problems are due to my weak faith and that I repeat
> untruths to myself (curious as I rarely talk my self down and it's never
> been to do with faith). I am so hurt and there is literally no one to
> support me, my friends are the members of the church (remember we'll have
> lived in the US 3 years tomorrow).
> Last time I had postpartum depression I kind of compartmentalised and
> faith wasn't one of the necessary compartments, but I kept going through
> the motions and everything turned out ok in the end.
> Now it's the completely opposite, I went to the pastor voluntarily to see
> if he could give me any help in not doing that this time and it's turned
> into my depression being non existance and my faith being weak, which is
> probably is as every time I meet with someone they tell me it is, keep
> telling me that and I'll believe it as truth, instead they tell me that
> I'm talking myself down. I rarely talk myself down, and if I do, it's
> along the lines of I'm fat (which is true), or I don't like my new haircut
> (also true).
> Now I feel like I'm repeatedly being brought before a kangeroo court and
> being told untruths, with depression not even mentioned.
> I've now decided not to take my meds, maybe that will prove a point, I've
> many sleepless nights to look forward to now.
> I think I'd do better if I declared that I had no faith and never went
> back to this so called church. My last church were so helpful, the pastors
> wife was very ill with postpartum depression, a couple of years before me,
> so the pastor actually had a clue.
> Anne