My friend is a single mum and is having really bad anxiety. She has had a bad time with anti depressants and said she has ended up over dosing on them. So she was put on a mood stabiliser and had been taking it for maybe eight years.
The issue is she stopped the mood stabiliser (not lithium) before she got pregnant and not able to get it prescribed again. The wait list for the psychiatrist is too long as they don't have enough staff. She's had an appointment but wasn't prescribed anything and subsequent appointments are being changed.
She's just about a year post baby And having bad panic attacks. On a wait list for CBT but really struggling with anger ATM.
She will call me when she needs help and baby is at nursery etc.
However she won't take anti depressants as she is worried she will overdose like she has done before. She also said she's not depressed, she's anxious. I've witnessed her having a panic attack as well. Also intrusive thoughts.
She's not under the care of any specialist services as they didn't accept the referral as the baby is too old and before there wasn't a need to accept as she wasn't "bad" enough.
Aibu for thinking she needs to take the antidepressants?