When do you call it quits and go to GP?

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Just that really. I'm very anxious and low and I just don't know when you say enough is enough and try to see GP about it.

DS2 woke us in the middle of the night a few nights ago and I got so upset that I worried DP and DS2 with how upset I got.

I'm eating loads as a comfort eating habit. If I didn't have kids I'd just stay in bed I think. I feel very very low and very anxious. I've been on ADs a few times over the years. Last year I was on them a while for PND and the gp said each time I saw him that he didn't want me to be on them long term. I came off them probably a little sooner than I should have as I felt a bit judged. I think it's made me wary to go back.

There's nothing to be ashamed about if you do have to go on antidepressants and there's no shame in saying you need help or support.

It's a physical chemical imbalance in the brain. Medication works for some, for there it's therapies or a mixture of both.

It's a positive that you are aware that's something isn't right. See a gp before it gets worse. Only when I got better did I realise how much of abhole I was really in. You do not have to feel the way you do. Go and get help x

What madcoffeelady said. ADs aren’t /shouldn’t be a source of shame, let alone judgement by gp, any more than a plaster cast on a broken leg to support it while it heals should be shameful. Get the help and alongside the ADs, look for some talking therapy to do some longer term exploration of what’s at the root of the distress. Good luck.

Thank you. I think I will call GP surgery and try and make an appointment, if that's even allowed at the moment, I'm not sure. But I'll give them a call on Monday.

I'm glad you are going to see your GP, hope you start to feel better soon

I don't think I'm alone in saying the past 4 months have been difficult for a variety of reasons. I've certainly found it hard. This past week particularly. There's been days where I can't face the day at all and not wanted to carry on, and I genuinely think that's part down to lockdown.

We'll get through this op.

Go back, see a different dr and get support. There is no shame, we all have a breaking point. Been there done that. Good luck.

The GP will probably chat over the phone to you at first.

Sooner rather than later is ALWAYS the best thing for mental health, the longer someone is low the harder it is to start making your way back up.