I don't know what to do

iVillage Member
Registered: 08-19-2003
I don't know what to do
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Wed, 09-01-2004 - 9:47pm
Hi, I don't know if this is the right place to ask, but I thought I'd try. My mother is severly depressed, and I feel like I am at a loss on what I should do for her or say to her. She has been depressed her whole life, but it seems to have gotten worse this summer. She was on several anti-depressants (I don't know which ones) but she decided to go off of one of them against her doctor's wishes. She recently changed therapists because she didn't like what her old one was telling her. She talks to the new one almost every day now.

Recently she has been pulling out of family functions, cancelling trips or visits because she says she can't handle it. Every time I talk to her she says what a hard time she is having.

I am scared for her, and I don't know what the best thing for me to do is. I feel like she is pulling away from everyone. I don't really know what I'm asking, I guess I am just wondering what the best way is to go about supporting someone who is so depressed.

iVillage Member
Registered: 07-01-2004
Thu, 09-02-2004 - 7:46am

How wonderful of you to want to help your mother.