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Anyone have any idea what I can do to help my husband with his depression please? Six days ago he started to cry and has been doing so more often than not ever since. He's sitting here crying now. He says he feels like an imbecile and a prat. I've said all the right things but of course that doesn't help. I've been to see the GP and he said to up his Amitriptyline from 10mg per day to a 25mg at 6pm and another 25mg before he goes to bed. He only started with the higher dose on Wednesday so I'll give it a week and if he hasn't stopped crying by Tuesday or Wednesday, I'll take him back to see the GP. Steve is 56 years old and has rheumatoid arthritis as well as dementia and is on 20 tablets a day and just recently he has really gone downhill quickly. We live 70 miles away from our kids and they can't visit too often so I'm a bit depressed myself but we can't show it can we. He had to give up all his hobbies as he can't use his hands really now because of the R.A. so he sits in the chair every single day and stares into space. I have no idea if this is a blip and he will come out of the depression or what. It is very tough on us all.
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Anyone have any idea what I can do to help my husband with his depression please? Six days ago he started to cry and has been doing so more often than not ever since. He's sitting here crying now. He says he feels like an imbecile and a prat. I've said all the right things but of course that doesn't help. I've been to see the GP and he said to up his Amitriptyline from 10mg per day to a 25mg at 6pm and another 25mg before he goes to bed. He only started with the higher dose on Wednesday so I'll give it a week and if he hasn't stopped crying by Tuesday or Wednesday, I'll take him back to see the GP. Steve is 56 years old and has rheumatoid arthritis as well as dementia and is on 20 tablets a day and just recently he has really gone downhill quickly. We live 70 miles away from our kids and they can't visit too often so I'm a bit depressed myself but we can't show it can we. He had to give up all his hobbies as he can't use his hands really now because of the R.A. so he sits in the chair every single day and stares into space. I have no idea if this is a blip and he will come out of the depression or what. It is very tough on us all.
Twink/Sue