Thank you Vicky and Emyjay for your words of support and offering me the opportunity to contact you both by email.
Your right about my son, he is a current stressor in my life big time. I put him on the back burner but I know he is there.
Add to that the fact that I am peri-menopausal and I guess no anti-depressant can solve everything.

I find the week leading up to my period much more stressful than usual these days and the periods themselves are really heavy. I also feel nauseous a few days before and don't want to get out of bed. Everything seems so dismal. Then voila.....the period comes and I feel better.

This is a difficult time, raising teenagers, aging parents and approaching menopause.
aahhhhhhh....I will be try be gentle with myself.
Kate