hi I'm new here and I don't know how to fill out my profile

Hello...I've been dealing with anxiety disorder and depression for the last 14 years. After trial and error of many kinds of treatment I finally found doctors I developed a good working relationship with 4 years ago. Medicines, therapy and focussing on developing techniques to identify and manage my symptoms have been helping me perform more of my daily duties now. I'm here to learn from others facing the same issues and their experiences and also, be of help to anyone and share techniques that help me.

Interesting when Dan says "If you live with someone whose depression is not adequately treated, keep pointing the way toward help." Well after 42 years...yes forty-two years of being married to a man who refuses to even acknowledge that he might battle a depression which is quite possibly Dysthymia. As a Christian wife committed to my marital vows, I have endured marriage to a man who chief complaint has always been, "I'm not happy". Now after a life time of trying to make this marriage work and for the second time in three years, he has left. Just like before he waited until I was not home, left a note and just moved out without any warning, knowing how devastated I was the last time and despite his promise that he would never just leave a note but that he would talk to me first if ever again he felt the need to leave...and if you think there is more to this story I can assure you that there isn't. We had not been fighting or arguing, etc, quite the opposite actually. He had become quite sullen, quiet and avoided even mundane conversation. Asking him what was wrong or suggesting that he see his doctor agitated him to the nth degree, so I quit trying. I now realize that I cannot make him happy no matter how hard I try because true happiness has to come from within. I have spent my entire adult life married to a man who is just not happy. For me, the subsequent rejection has been awful. We have married kids and grand kids who are all being affected by this and just like before my husband says that he doesn't want us to get back together. I am quite devastated by all of this and at a loss. Even though I have not stopped loving my husband, I am not sure that I am willing to go through this again...This is definitely not how I envisioned my "golden years".

How do I post to this group's forum. Perhaps this is the way, so I will see