Hi, I'm looking for advice please on if I should look into anti-depressant meds or anxiety meds? I've always felt a bit up and down in my moods and anxiety sometimes takes over and stops me going to social events occasionally if it coincides with the 2nd half of my menstrual cycle. But then it eases off a bit so I put it down to hormones.
I'm breastfeeding at the moment and that normally makes me feel more chilled out but I can feel this sense of anxiety and depression creeping back in again (potentially hormones about to restart).
I feel really uneasy about mentioning this to my Dr, probably because of the stigma around anxiety, depression and medication etc. But I'm beginning to think maybe I should just try some medication to see if it levels out my feelings of not coping or enjoying life sometimes?
I'm not sure if what I feel is anxiety or depression though, it's normally all focused around my kids acting out or being hyper and hard to be around... But if it goes on too long then I start to feel depressed... But I usually snap out of this in 2 to 3 days.
Are there any meds that treat anxiety and depression? Is there anything I can take that is safe to take in small doses but long term? This isn't a temporary thing, it's been ever since my teenage years really, and if it isn't the workload of the kids... Then it was the work work load...
Can I get a private prescription done online anyway for the first few months before then asking my nhs Dr? I feel a bit embarrassed to actually discuss this with my actual Gp even though I know I shouldn't feel like that.