I've never felt so low.

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I think I need help but I don't want to be away from my kids.

I'm already on 150mg sertraline.

I just wish I could sleep for a year or something. I don't know. I just feel like there's not an ounce of hope or energy left in me.

Hi OP didn't want to read and run. Im on sertraline too. Could you see the GP and have higher dose or try another anti depressant ? Do you have a partner who is supportive?

It sounds like you are quite badly depressed (sorry to state the obvious). Is there someone you can talk to in real life for support? Could you also explain to your GP and ask for some counselling too?

I was having some counselling over the telephone, but missed 2 sessions due to having a panic attack as they were calling for the session, so they took me off their books.

No partner. We separated during the summer.

I've no childcare bubble. No single person support bubble. One nice friend who I just feel an absolute burden to.

The dose I'm on was upped less than a month ago from 50mg in the hope 159mg would curb my compulsive skin picking as well as improve my low mood and anxiety. It seems to have not made much of a difference.

Are you under a m.h team?

No I've never been under a mental health team.

Could you contact the service that referred you for counselling and explain?

Is it possible to bubble with your friend, or if it just explain to her you are feeling low and arrange to eg go for a walk and talk once a week or so? Even on the street in front of your house if childcare is an issue?

I don't know about the counselling. I feel like they've just discharged me without actually caring what's going on with me if that makes sense. I also think really I need to do more than counselling. Like I need some actually assessments and therapy?

I had something very triggering happen to me a couple of years ago and I feel like it's left me with ptsd type symptoms, on top of my pre existing anxiety and depression.

I also think I may have asd and/or adhd like my eldest. The more I read up on these conditions in women it just really resonates with me. But I know how hard it can be to get assessed for either, and probably even trickier now with covid.

My friend is lovely and we do go for a walk now and then, but we can't bubble up due to her own situation.

Hi I have had a tough time the past two months and I went to my gp who gave me tablets which made me worse. I ended up in hospital and made contact with the crisis team and saw a psychiatrist who diagnosed me with anxiety and depression. Since then I’ve worked with the crisis team and now have a cpn and take ADs. I fee calmer but still flat. CBT starts this week so hoping that helps. I’m off work and have been fot 2 months trying to work on myself. The reason I’m like this is work so not in a rush to go back. Got some decisions to make but my happiness is more important. I am in well paid job and can’t help but think I won’t go back. Don’t feel I can work like this hence why I made contact with mental health team. Hope you manage to feel better soon. Feel free to inbox me if you want a chat xx