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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you include depression and anxiety here, aren't you eliminating a large percentage of people in D.C.? There was a thread on DCUM not too long ago asking if everyone in D.C. is on psych meds.[/quote]

Prozac in your medicine cabinet isn't a deal-breaker, but it's not a good thing. Stop asking where the line is. The point is, there is a line; those of us who have lived with someone with severe bipolar or whatever will never do that again. [/quote]

Depression can be a very difficult illness to be married to. So can anxiety.

With any mental illness, it is more the degree of illness (mild, moderate, severe), the awareness and engagement with treatment, the response to treatment, and the insight the person has about their illness and how it impacts them and others that makes the difference. [/quote]

Agree 100%. About 15 years into our marriage my DH's "unhappiness" became more than that, but it took three years to get him to a therapist. Yesterday, my DD said "I want my old daddy back." It has been a very, very hard few years, and my DH's issues are "mild." I'm at a breaking point and my DH doesn't see it. I don't know how much more I can take. [/quote]

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