I called the gp today and explained that for the past 3 months or so I’ve been feeling incredibly down and depressed.
She asked me what I wanted from the call and I asked for medication. I bought ST johns wort from hollland and Barrat in the hopes it would improve my mood but it didn’t.
I was surprised when she suggested fluoxetine as I hadn’t heard of it (only sertaline) which she suggested as I was “quite young” (I’m 31).
I have two young children, work full time and feel very low most of the time. I’m desperate to feel like myself again.
I don’t really look forward to much. I exercise daily and enjoy that but I used to look forward to the weekends or holidays and now I’m just flat.
Does anyone have any insight of what I should expect in the first weeks or coming months?
Is it ok to drink alcohol (I don’t drink much - a couple of glasses on a Saturday evening). The doctor didn’t mention anything and I still need to collect the medicine so haven’t read the leaflet.