1. If the ADs aren't working for you, try a different one. I'd really suggest you see a Psychiatrist for this most GPs just don't have the knowledge base (I know this is a general assumption)
Studies show that the two main reasons people go off ADs are because of the side effects or they start to feel better so they think the don't need them anymore.
2. On thing that struck me in your thread is your need to ask W to come along to do things. I think you are kinda setting yourself up. There are ways to ask without asking, but more so let her decide on her own. In my situation I almost never ask my W to come along. I might say I'm taking the kids to the park" if she wants to go she can speak up. Or I will speak in generalities and let her fill in the gap. Like, "I'd kinda like to get outside this weekend."
Sometimes I will just go outside and play with my boys in the yard,that usually draws her out.
Although my W is different in that 99% of the time she will go. We end up doing a lot of things as a family.
I will add that I don't use this approach to try to trick my W into going along. I do it because I want to go to the park with my boys - nothing more.
Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. --Jean Jacques Rousseau.
