I need some advice. I have had depression before (in my early teens and also PND) and I feel I may be slipping back in to it. I have a big change coming up in my career and we also have horrid home situation involving my stepdaughter. I'm not sleeping hardly at all - I just lay in bed awake worrying about naything from trivailities of the next day, to things that might happen to my daughter who is at infant school.
It's been going on for a couple of months so yesterday I finally plucked up the courage to see my doctor.
He basicaly told me I have nothing to worry about, he arrived in the UK with £15 in his pocket and he managed to get out of bed every morning. I told him that some days it was a struggle and that I was finding it hard to go to work every day all day, and then have the energy to look after the house duties and car for my daughter, support my husband with the problems he has with his dd etc. He said "oh i suppose you want me to sign you off work then? is that why you came here?" I told him it wasn't which was the truth - I wouldn't get paid if I was off for a start.
He says he doesnt "subscribe" to depression and I really need to pull myself together in order to be able to care for my daughter.
I feel worse now than I did before and had thoughts of self harming for the first time since i was 14 years old. I don't know if to be angry or sad.