YOU ARE NOT ALONE - A companion online community discussion board for The Mental Illness Happy Hour podcast with Paul Gilmartin

I've been on Cymbalta now for a few years. There was a brief time that I got off of it, in hopes that my brain chemistry had reset itself, and I got really depressed again and had to go back on. I don't notice many side-effects, except when I miss a day or two and I get kind of light headed and dizz...

Jules - I live in the Denver area too (Highlands Ranch). Welcome to the forum. I'm sorry you've gone through so much pain. You sound like a really wonderful person and am glad that you are finding ways to beat back this beast.

hales - just wondering if you are mormon. I am mormon and often switch between hearing general conference talks and this podcast. While very different from each other, I feel like I need both. The podcast tells me I'm OK, just the way I am and is teaching me to be less judgmental. I also value the m...

I have discussed the depression/anxiety and suicidal tendencies a few times with my wife, but she doesn't really get it. It just makes her pretty stressed out and upset, so I haven't brought it with her in years.

I really do need to get back into therapy. As an introvert, it's just something I really don't look forward to... Regarding the will to keep going, like I said before, I have a wife and 3 kids who I know, intellectually, would be devasted and scarred emotionally for life if I were to commit suicide....

Summer15,

I talk big, but am too much of a coward to take my own advice. Thanks for understanding.

summer15,

Sorry the last post was a little over the top. Hope you're feeling better. I'm really sorry things are so tough right now.

That's cool. I'm OK if you break Fight Club rule #1, just don't break rule #2.

heart, thanks for the reply. I've seen a few therapists. The first therapist I saw was in college. It was free and he was like some grad student studying counseling. I went to a very conservative school, so when I started telling him some of my darker thoughts, etc., it was like a deer in the headli...

Really enjoyed the podcast. My wife and I haven't had sex in years. I have major issues with intimacy. I'd rather get stuck in the knife in the arm that cuddle or get intimate with my wife or anyone for that matter. I don't know why I am the way I am, but it's really frustrating. The few people I've...