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Thanks Ariala...
guess I'd better go to bed now. Got to get up early for work tomorrow. Goodnight.
posted by
Midi
on January 11, 2004 at 8:59 PM
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BP, hang in there...communication is still the best avenue to the heart,
mind and body!
posted by
Ariala
on January 11, 2004 at 8:47 PM
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I've been reading, you two...
and feel like I've been in counseling (either that or I've been eavesdropping where I shouldn't be
). 'Tis a problem around here. He takes viagra when we do it, which is rarely. He's been researching some over the counter herbal stuff he wants me to try taking. But Ariala hit the nail on the head. What I need is love, tenderness, and compassion and just to be held sometimes. And to others as well as to me; when he mistreats others (as he did my family several months ago), well, it's hard for me to feel love for him, or to be aroused by him. And here I go saying too much about my personal problems again.
posted by
Midi
on January 11, 2004 at 8:40 PM
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Quasimodo, I have always been such a pleaser that I would go along
with lots of sex or with no sex just to make someone happy. Does this make sense to you?
posted by
Ariala
on January 11, 2004 at 8:20 PM
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Interesting...did I tell you my name was Sophia?
posted by
Ariala
on January 11, 2004 at 8:18 PM
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wanna eavesdrop in someone's diary? Click here:
http://www.scarlettdiaries.com/archives/2003/09/04/help.php
posted by
DonQuixote
on January 11, 2004 at 8:15 PM
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Quasimodo, yes, I know...some of us experience that in our lives, even
though we write as if we're having sex all the time...Meds don't help libido matters either.
As I've always told those closest to me, "I would rather be in love and never have sex than to have sex and never be in love." People give me strange looks, but this is the honest truth. Just give this woman love, tenderness, compassion and strong arms and she's happy. Sex is great, but so much has to be right for it to really work. I better shut up now. I'm gonna mess up my "image!" 
posted by
Ariala
on January 11, 2004 at 8:13 PM
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someone who is depressed has diminished libido...can't get it up so to speak...unable to perform, goes deeper into guilt and lower self esteem...
posted by
DonQuixote
on January 11, 2004 at 8:08 PM
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Quasimodo, depends on the intensity of the depression...sex is only a
temporary fix when you're "blue"...if the emptiness is vast and the darkness overpowering, making love for hours or just being held all night is as good as a anti-deppresants...then again, what do I know...I've never been on medicine. All I ever wanted is to love and be loved...the latter of the two is what has been missing for too long.
posted by
Ariala
on January 11, 2004 at 7:44 PM
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sex per se, is low calorie exertion, equivalent to walking two flights of stairs...you refer to the safety support net offered by unconditional love, a special emotional bond that uplifts rather than downcasts...
for a depressive hunchback, genuine affection from Emelinda was indeed therapeutic...the opposite is lethal...
posted by
DonQuixote
on January 11, 2004 at 7:36 PM
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sex always works for me...
posted by
Ariala
on January 11, 2004 at 7:22 PM
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i have first hand knowledge of depression and professional care...
posted by
DonQuixote
on January 11, 2004 at 7:19 PM
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Did really write, in danger? duh! endanger
posted by
poetjpb
on January 11, 2004 at 6:56 PM
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i AGREE, YES MEDS DO HELP AT TIMES , i JUST
don't want to in danger anyone by suggesting they take something , that's all. I have taken Zanax. My brother was killed in a plane crash a few months ago, so it's been tough. I have a lot of family support though thankfully. I suffer from depression for real but just hate the drugs. I have to take so many things for my asthma that I am a little leary of taking anything else. You would have to understand my crazy family and their history with depression, alcohol, etc. to get my weird attitude. I joke about the drugs and my own neurosis.
posted by
poetjpb
on January 11, 2004 at 6:56 PM
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Confucius says it is illegal to prescribe drugs...seek professional help if in distress...
posted by
byebye
on January 11, 2004 at 6:44 PM
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Nothing wrong with taking prozac...
I took it before when I was first clinically depressed (10 yrs. or so ago, from job difficulties/1st marriage ending), and now am taking it for the fibromyalgia but was glad to be prescribed it again as it did help before and I felt it was a good precaution now. And has helped with stuff I've gone through lately, I'm sure. I know there are other ways of helping depression, but sometimes medication will help tremendously.
posted by
Midi
on January 11, 2004 at 6:43 PM
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relaxation!!!!
posted by
poetjpb
on January 11, 2004 at 6:37 PM
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please know I am really kidding...
about the drugs. I don't take prozac although my family assures me I need it. I do a lot of breathing stuff (tapes by Andrew Weil) and other weird relazation tapes.
posted by
poetjpb
on January 11, 2004 at 6:37 PM
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I'm already taking it...
along with celebrex for my fibromyalgia. It probably wouldn't be the right antidepressant for him. He's not taking any now. He got mad at his psychiatrist about a year ago and quit going. I've talked to his medical doctor, who apparently hasn't successfully persuaded him to get back on an antidepressant yet. He is on a lot of medications for back pain, arthritis, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol.
posted by
Midi
on January 11, 2004 at 3:25 PM
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GIVE HIM SOME
GIVE HIM PROZAC, THEN TAKE SOME YOURSELF! HA!
Living with a moody spouse----ooooh that stings a little---my poor husband.
posted by
poetjpb
on January 11, 2004 at 3:21 PM
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Good but, how about some ways to keep from catching...
a spouse's depression, when he rapid cycles from being so hyper and angry to not speaking and pouting or just sleeping. Maybe doubling the prozac???
posted by
Midi
on January 11, 2004 at 2:59 PM
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If I do all that stuff, I won't have time to blog.
posted by
Passionflower
on January 11, 2004 at 2:55 PM
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