Hi! My mom has breast cancer and my husband has chronic arthritis so bad he hasn't worked for about 10 years. I was so exausted but not sleeping well in spite of exaustion. It's like when you are overtired you can't sleep. I went to a very sweet communicative P.A. (physicians assistant) and told her about my life and she put me on Prozac 10 mg. and then went up to 20 mg. after a couple of weeks and I am feeling so much better, and sleeping at night and am able to cope with all the sick people in my life. I am a nurse who works full time, so that is a lot of sick people. I recommend anti-depressants for caregivers. It is great for the short term difficult experiences...it gives you the power to cope and not be so down about how your life is now.. I am laughing again, and have my sense of humor back. I still have to do everything for everybody, but I can smile while I do it. You can too, get some help. You may only need it short term to get you through this hardest time.