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Chemical Imbalance destroyed my relationship

Asked Mar 20, 2009, 04:15 AM — 82 Answers
Hello, I'm going to give you a brief rundown on what happened.
Im a 27 single male who is confused on what to do. Was dating a girl for close to 2 years as well. Here's the story.
In October of 2008 I started experiencing symptoms of depression, though I could see nothing was wrong with me. I had a great girlfriend, good job, etc. Though my girlfriend and my family noticed I was sleeping more, my moods were changing, and they figured I was getting depressed but didn't know why?

December roles around and my girlfriends friends tell her I'm cheating on her (they heard a name similar to mine associated with a girl, wrong accusation) and we start fighting like crazy. I end up breaking down and telling her that I don't want to deal with bs like this anymore. We end up not speaking for 3 weeks and I go to a therapist because I wanted to see what was wrong with me. They diagnosed me with a chemical imbalance and gave me a prescription medicine and my girlfriend and I got back together. That's when things really started to change.

By the 3rd week on the medication I was acting different, I was extremely moody, crying all the time, and pushing everyone away. My girlfriend and I were ok one second and then I would blow up on her the next for doing something that I didn't like. By the end of February my prescription ran out and for 4 days I was fine...back to normal and my girlfriend and I were happy. She didn't understand it but she happy I was myself again. Then I refilled the prescription. It happened all over again. We had a huge fight over something that could have been resolved with a simple ""I'm sorry, I love you" but things were said on both parts and I told her over the phone that "I would cut my throat if she didn't listen to me." I didn't have a knife to my throat but she thought I did. She decided that she wanted to end it because we were constantly fighting and she couldn't take it anymore, and wanted to move on with her life because she wanted to be happy. We haven't talked since (21 days.)

I go back to my doctor and find out that I was becoming more depressed using the medication (never heard that before but I did some research and it was true.) He prescribed me a new medication and now I feel fine. I feel like my life is balanced out. Now I'm wondering on what to do with my ex-girlfriend? I did send her flowers the day I found out and wrote the note "I'm sorry for the past couple months but respect your decision. I lost focus on who I was and let "this" effect our relationship. I hope you are well." Her response was "Thank you for the flowers and respecting my decision, I will always love you."

I have given her space and time to think but does anyone think I should even try to give it a shot. I know she must have felt so hurt and unloved and I left her to fend for herself emotionally. I don't know what to do. I love her, respect her, appreciate who she is, but I didn't show it that well while I was going through this. I don't think she will contact me first.

Please any help I get would be great.
Thank you for reading this.
Gerry

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#21

Apr 15, 2009, 05:42 AM
Ignore and delete. I don't care what stupid saying my ex emails me, it would be deleted, especially if it was as ambiguous as this is...

No need to open a can of old worms. Of course, you could email her back with another witty saying..."What goes up, must come down." Just sayin'...
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Apr 15, 2009, 05:50 AM


I have no clue, and maybe this is something you should leave alone. No point worrying over it.
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#23

Apr 15, 2009, 07:50 AM
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You proved that she was wrong?
If this is what it means then I guess I am happy on the situation. I didn't want to prove a point to her but I just knew that I wasn't the wrong one in our relationship.
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Apr 15, 2009, 03:51 PM
Well there you go. I guess she expected you to know what she meant by this short e-mail. It may been ambiguous an strange, but maybe she guessed you'd understand it... And seems like you do, so all good... No need to respond to her.
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Apr 15, 2009, 03:52 PM
Her cryptic message is a way for her to get back to you and open up a line of communication.
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Apr 15, 2009, 04:27 PM
Delete it, and add her address to the SPAM filter. Therefore this messages will no longer be allowed to plague your mind
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Apr 15, 2009, 05:00 PM
She wants to be in contact with you. She's sending you a confusing email because you most likely will respond, asking for clarification OR you don't respond but she doesn't feel like an idiot because she didn't send you an email that absolutely requires a response such as "hey, how have you been?", if you ignored an email like that, she would've felt completely rejected. With the email she has sent you, she's not putting herself completely out there or admitting to missing you, she is trying to seem like she is simply stating a small fact for your information, nothing too heavy...the irony is that she wants to open the lines of communication to a subject that is quite heavy.
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Apr 15, 2009, 07:19 PM
Or perhaps email her back and say, "The ducks have conquered the turtles.
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Apr 15, 2009, 09:13 PM
My interpretation of the email is. Maybe the reason you guys broke up in the first place, she probably gave you some reason, like your not affectionate, or you don't try hard enough or something along that lines and since you stopped contacting her, I think she is trying to tell you that she was right the whole time because you didn't prove her wrong.

I think its something along those lines and just like isneeze said, she wants to reopen communication which means she still cares. To what degree? I don't know maybe friendship? Or wants to get back together? Regardless, going back is just going to bring more hurt I think.
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Apr 15, 2009, 09:50 PM
Its funny cause when I did try contacting her in the month of March she blew up on me. So I decided to stick with NC. It's been close to a month since we last talked. Though in the last month I have improved my life (New Job making 15 grand more a year, buying a condo in a couple weeks, went back to training in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu again (doing it for 2 years, when I met her I stopped to focus on her.) I just feel really good.

Though I feel good, I do miss her, and still love her but I don't have that anxiety every morning when I wake up now. I'm content on being alone and just doing what I am doing. It's a shame though, I have to figure out what to do with this engagement ring I bought for her before we broke up......

I hope everyone is doing ok on these boards.

Everyone that I have asked this question too has said the following "she knows she messed up, she wants to get back together." Now I just have to decide if I want to try again.
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