Be open truthful tell him your worried and you would like him to go to the dr for a once over.

maybe see if his frends have noticed and what they think

Be open with him and try and get him to open up. Self diagnosis can be a dangerous thing. Tell him if he doesn’t want to talk to you then maybe a visit to the dr for advice might be good

Beyond blue would be able to help with this. Their number is 1300224636 and I believe that it’s a 24 hour hotline which would help with your husbands crazy work hours. If you’re worried about how he might react I would call them yourself first for advice on how to approach him. Wishing you all the best, depression is tough.

That’s a touchy topic. Good luck

Great question, thanks for posting this! I was wondering aswell 🙂

I would share your worries with a very close friend that you can trust too.It would be a horrible thing to deal with by yourself

It is very hard unless he acknowledges that there is something wrong with him. If you see the same gp maybe speak to the gp on some advice and maybe they could help you. Hope it gets sorted before you feel it is too much for you

Try talking to your family gp or maybe an organisation like Beyond Blue for advice on how to discuss the issue. Well done for hanging in there and wanting to seek help.

My dad was like this growing up and after my mum sitting down and telling him how he made us feel he got help

I take my hat off to u for putting up with it

Talk to your gp about it and also how to approach him, maybe your gp could do this

Maybe try to sit him down and try and talk to him. Ask him if there is anything worrying him. He could just be moody from his bad sleeping patterns. I definitely wouldn’t self diagnose. That’s what doctors are for. You couold always get him to go to the doctors with you and ask for a script for Melitonin. It is great at rearranging sleep patterns and does wonders on mental health due to the increase of more sleep. It will help him fall asleep easier. good luck.

you could chat to your doctor and see if they can help you or tell you what to look out for and how to help him. good luck it is very difficult and requires a lot of patience from those around him.

I am hoping that you have found a solution

Tread lightly – very, very lightly. A study that I read about years ago found that exercise was more effective at treating depression for men than anti depressants. So if you are struggling to approach the topic or if you do and he doesn’t want to talk about it then perhaps try to get him to do some regular exercise.
One way to broach the subject could be to find something that you are a bit stressed about that may relate to what you think he is depressed about and ask him if he ever feels the same or what he does in that situation. Good luck xx

Men are often too proud to seek help, but you could try going to a counsellor as a couple

I suggest you talk to a third party or seek counselling

Men are a lot harder too get too go too at dr or counselling, with my hubby I brought it up when he went too the dr about something and just said I am worried about his moods lately lol he is on meds now and hasn’t looked back was a bit sneaky but it worked

I would suggest ask a professional how you could approach your husband. They could give you proper pointers on how you should go about it.. It would feel like you are ‘picking’ on him if you approach him in the wrong way!