Just been to visit my GP yesterday, they've taken me off my newest anti anxiety medication as it clearly wasn't working for me (mood swings, irritability, sleeping all day)- and have done an urgent referral for a psychiatric assessment, or at least to see a MH nurse within the next 7-10days. That's good news..
However, I have struggled with this from age 16, I'm now 19 and things are just getting worse by the minute. I have epilepsy so cannot take the majority of meds relevant to treating depression and anxiety so they're always trying these 'alternative' ones that are quite frankly, crap.
I've slept all day today, missed a dentist appointment, binge ate all day (I have Anorexia w/ binge eating disorder diagnosed too from age 13), missed a UC appointment (rescheduled) and not showered.
Boyfriend keeps telling me I should go for a run and exercise will help so much, fair enough, I used to run and the endorphins were great. I'm going to try and do a run first thing tomorrow but I know I'll end up sleeping during the day again as I'll be exhausted afterwards and I also have a bad knee from a previous running injury so it'll be a miracle if I can keep it up!
I eat like crap for comfort because I'm depressed, gained a stone in the past month. (9.10 stone now) at 5'8" tall.
I'm just reaching the end of it all, I'm so tired and everything is so hard to do nowadays. If anyone has any advice please let me know!
Supposed to be starting my degree in September, as if that'll happen at this rate!