Question for anyone on ADs

[MaryMotherOfCheeses]

What made you actually go to the GP? That first visit to talk about your depression / anxiety.

Were you talked into it by friends, family etc?

Or did you just know you had to?

I have 3 aged 6,4 and 8 mths. I noticed when ds was 3 mths that I was starting to become extremely negative and angry and everything was a monumental effort.

I starting becoming very grumpy with dh and lost interest in pretty much anything. Being a pretty happy, positive person in the past this was a noticeable change in my behavior. I was also very short tempered with dcs.

I finally got the courage to go to GP. She was lovely and very understanding while I sat there blubbering. Was diagnosed with PND and was given low dose if escitalopram and had 6 weeks of CBT ( was good but not really needed cos I feel my issue is hormonal)
Absolutely changed my life, feels good to be enjoying my family again.

The first time, I was a teenager and my mum made me go when she found out I'd been self-harming. I have had quite a few more episodes since then, and I can now identify when things are getting bad again and make a GP appointment as soon as I can to try and nip it in the bud. For me, I know it's time to make an appointment when I find myself preferring to stay at home rather than doing things I normally enjoy, like seeing my friends.

I went to see a psych for a court case meeting, it was him who said 'this has been going on long enough, you are still suffering PTSD and need medication'.

Ive been on them just over 18 months, had a break but it was awful, now i dont care if im on them for life, they make me feel so normal and human

Thank you

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I suffer from anxiety, when i had DD2 i had PND on top of this and was almost pyschotic with worry over every little thing. What topped it was presenting myself at the walk in clinic at the health centre because i thought my tonsils were tumours - The nurse was a star and told me i really wasn't well and made sure i got to see a doctor straight away, not for my tonsil tumours though!

This is the second time I've been on AD's .

Really ,really hard to make appointment as I'd feel terrible and not confident enough to ring up .

This time I had quite a lot of physical symptoms ( fortunately ,as it made it easier to go ) : trouble swallowing ,muscle spasms .
And going for oestopathy for frozen shoulder and having some work on my muscles made me realise how incredibly tight they were and how actually it wasnt normal . And how incredibly amazing and overwhelming it felt to be a little relaxed .

Looking back ,now I feel a little better ,I also realise that it's not normal to burst into tears so often and to loose my temper .