Posted by ShelliR on August 2, 2002, at 18:03:43
In reply to Just don't like people anymore..., posted by libbyh on August 1, 2002, at 21:57:27
Libby,
Like BarbaraCat, I immediately thought about prozac. After my sister's divorce, she was really bent out of shape and talked often about getting married again. (This was her second marriage.)
She went into therapy and started taking prozac. With prozac, she wondered why she was in therapy, and she dropped out. Also dropped the whole man thing. She's very close with her daughter and she has a few close friends (which mostly developed with other moms who had little kids). She goes to at least two/sometimes three movies over the weekend, often alone.
She's also gained about forty pounds and definitely looks like a different person. But she doesn't care enough to do anything about it. So I do think that prozac does cause a lot of apathy.
Does it matter? She says she happy and when her daughter goes to college she'll get a dog. She's not depressed;. says she's happy with her life this way. On the other hand, I've had tons of depression, so who am I to judge?
Her good friends though are very very important to her; They are all married or in long term relationships, but they do come through for her when she's needed anything, or just to pass fun times. So I wouldn't underestimate the value of good friends, and I think if this stage doesn't pass for you, it may hit you that you are all alone.
Shelli
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