2 friends have told me to go to the gp to get ad's, but I don't know. advice please from anyone with experience....

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2 friends have said, kindly, to me I should be on ad's. I don't know what to do. without going into my life, can anyone who has taken ad's please tell me how they felt before going to the doctors? I just don't know what to do. BTW its not postnatal depression, my kids are in school.

thanks to any replies.

It is painful having to face up to depression (I felt a real failure and cried about it) but you should see your GP as it seems you know that things are well with you. AD's can be great when you get the right one which not be the first one you try. You also need to think about therapy too as in my experience it is therapy and AD's together that really made a difference. Good luck and remember that depression is almost the 'common cold of the mind'!

I meant aren't well with you!

thanks lucy.

can I ask, how did you actually feel before you went onto ad's?

I have had depression on and off for a long time (20 years or more since I was a teenager), and not all the time. I have taken myself off to the GP for AD's three or four times. I have felt differently at different times as depression can manifest in different ways as you probably know, from just a never-ending lethargy (not wanting to go out, feeling it's not worth doing anything) to constant, endless crying to the point of not being able to work. If two friends (who you think really care about you) think you are depressed then there is probably something going on. I don't think AD's are the answer to all depressions though, not even different depressions at different times of your life.

thanks again lucy. you see, I don't feel I need ad's, I know what I need in my life and its simply not there, I don't think a pill will make up for it.