Spouse Suffering From Depression

[Lucky11too]

So the news for the day!
Well, first, H came by last night, we had dinner, played with S, talked a little. He was grouchy though which was kind of a bummer. Maybe a little nervous about today?

So the big news - today. He called me right after the appointment (yay) and excited told me all about it - basically that he is suffering from major depression (duh), that he has ADD (very validating to him b/c no one but me believed him in that), and then the doctor showed him the affect of his alcohol use on his brain (that's the only reference H made to the alcohol use, but this is a one sided biased story here from him). Then with the concentration scan, his scan showed over activity in the majority of his brain, except for the frontal cortex (the decision making part of your brain - interesting...). Even more interesting though was for his "at rest" scan he fell asleep but the scan was just as active as his concentration scan. From that and his background, the dr told him him sleep cycle was horrible and that he needed to go to a sleep clinic right away (I can vouge for that, he is always sleeping at random times, or for long periods and can't wake up, etc). The dr called the clinic and got him set up for an appt right afterwards. He explained that H would be full of stress/anger/aggression during the day, but at night when his body is supposed to recouperating, it can't, and he wakes up in the same state the next day. So all a downward cycle with that. At the sleep clinic, it was just a consultation but they discovered he had very sleep issues that are leading to snoring and sleep apnea. He's going back for the clinical test in 2 weeks. So, anyways, all that, but it comes down to that the dr recommended meds, which H is still against, but he is onboard to try some of his other recommendations - supplements, heathier diet, exercise, and addressing the sleep issues. So, this is all good. Praise God for his miracles. Now my next prayer is for H's follow thru and God's healing without meds.

So, how this relates to us. Good that H was very excited to tell me and was very open about it all. He called me 3 different times this afternoon to talk about it! =) There is still a lot to be seen with what comes with this all, but this is a good start. I still don't know if we'll ever be repaired, but this is a great start for him to become a better him and a better father. Yay. Very happy about today but still cautious optimistic about future results, since from past experience, he his follow thru is horrible! But one day at a time & yay for the successes of today! =)