Alright so I am going to try and keep this somewhat short so everyone doesn't doze off during reading. I am having a major issue currently that I need some advice on how to resolve. So here is the back story. My girlfriend and will have been dating for a year and 5 months the 27th of this month, over the past almost year and a half we have had our ups and downs as most couples do. The problem is we both have extreme depression and high levels of anxiety. Two years ago I attempted suicide and was hospitalized for a few days because of this. No one knew how bad my depression was until this point, mainly because they didn't listen or pay attention. The only one who WAS there for me was my now gf. I started seeing a therapist 2x a week and taking a multitude of meds (prozak, abilify, and trasadone). I was diagnosed with severe depression, manic bipolar disorder, and extreme anxiety. I'm happy to say with the help of my gf, therapist, and meds I am now doing good and have been off meds for close to 8 months without any major meltdowns. I still have my ups and downs but that's normal with anyone. Now on to my gf. She started to develope major anxiety her 5th grade year in school, so much so that she would follow her mom around all day (works at the school) because she was scared to let her out of her site, she had extreme seperation anxiety from her mom. Since then she has seen many therapist, taken many different meds and nothing helps. She hasn't been to school since 5th grade, instead she has been tutored by a teacher at the school and has done all the necessary things needed for school, me and her mom finally conviced her to go full time this year as it is her senior year and it will be good for her. (Forgot to add this earlier but the seperation anxiety for her mom was transfered to me when we started dating). She has been doing really great and getting all her work done etc, etc. Well I have yet to go to college and am waiting to attend a LPN program next fall to work towards my RN. So I currently work at an animal hospital. I love it here, I love seeing animals everyday, the people are funny and nice most days, and its generally a good atmosphere. Here is where the problem I need solved is. I work about 49+ hours a week, mondays and tuesdays I work from 12pm- about 8-9pm depending on how the day was. My girlfriend is at school from 7:30-2:30 weekdays. The problem is that when she gets home mondays and tuesdays she is completely alone. This is where it gets bad, she will text and call me balling telling me she wants me home because she can't go on anymore, she doesn't want to be alone, she misses me and can't handle it, etc. Her anxiety at this point is through the roof. she knows I can't leave as I have already used all my sick days from the flu a few months ago. So I'm stuck here for hours having to tell her its okay and getting "you don't understand! If you needed me id be there!". And it just makes me feel like crap that I can't leave to comfort her. I want to change my hours for mondays and tuesdays to mornings but #1) I have asked before and been blown off and #2) there is no one to cover my night shifts on those days. I'm really confused on what I should do from here. Someone please lend a little help, anything would be great. I'm getting depresed again from this issue and I don't want to be like this. So please any advice would be great. Thanks.


Kevin.

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