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Husband depressed. How can I help?

My husband came home yesterday depressed and sad. I know when he just sits in his recliner and watches tv something happened. My husband went out to lunch with a work friend yesterday. My husband’s friend and girlfriend are building a brand new house. This guy does nothing but brag. He has the best clothing, the best golf score, etc.
My husband’s friend is building a house for about $300,000. My husband lost his condo because of unemployment. My husband lost his job because of the company restructuring. We had to file bankruptcy two years ago because of his debt that occurred because of his unemployment. We are in the process of rebuilding our credit.
I have been renting for the past 20 years and really don’t care if we buy a home. We have a nice apartment, a nice car. My husband is looking at what he doesn’t have. How can I help him? I really don’t like this friend of his. He’s a conceited show off. Any suggestions.
Thanks for any answers.

His depression is being triggered by contact with this ‘friend’, but even avoiding that contact isn’t going to help much because there’s something else wrong — like clinical depression.

Telling him to ‘buck-up’, be thankful, bjs, babying, and all the other things mentioned here may help some, but they will do little to deal with the deeper issue.

He can take anti-depression medications, but there are also numerous side-effects to deal with, and sometimes it takes a while to discover just which medication is for him.

Instead, try a nutritional approach. Start with a ‘good, solid’ multi-vitamin (I mean something that has “the works” in it, there are a few out there). In addition to that, add a B-50, and a Selenium supplement (at least 100mcg).

If he is currently under other medication, none of this should clash with it; you are just giving the body what it needs (after all, we are just biological machines that have standard needs without which the machinery will malfunction).

When he does get to feeling better (and it may take some weeks), he may even start getting off any anti-depressants he may be taking (and away from all of the side-effects). After some time (a couple of weeks), switch to herbal supplements (like St. John’s Wort, up to about 900mg of standardized extract a day).

I’ve seen this work for quite a few people, including myself. There is some research to show that there is a nutritional component to depression — something doctors often overlook. Specifically the B vitamins and the Selenium (that’s why these are supplemented above).

(Note that you can overdose with Selenium, there are subtle symptoms when you get there, but it’ll take some months, before it becomes an issue.)

Other factors are also helpful: a change of scene, exercise, better diet, true friends who will stick with him (especially you), etc. He can use all the help he can get! So put them all to work.

Hope it helps you; it’s helped others, and it’s helped me.