It's a long shot, I know but I am done with talking therapies, CBT, positive thinking etc I have tried for so many years and here I am still struggling. I have also tried so many different antidepressants and they all make my IBS so much worse.
I have struggled with my mental health since I was a small child. I was diagnosed with inattentive adhd this year which does help me to make sense of why I have been the way I am all my life but I so desperately want to feel better mentally and physically. Some of my chronic health issues are purely physical and not related to my mental health (ie endometriosis/adenomyosis) but the effects from them still exacerbate my mental health issues. I just seem to spend my days exhausted physically and mentally and in a constant loop of mental and physical health symptoms.
For the last 6 years I have also had to deal with my elderly parents lives as my dear mum suffers from Alzheimer's and breast cancer. The stress from this has been like gasoline thrown onto an already burning fire where my mental health is concerned.
I don't take any supplements at all as I really don't know which ones could help me, it's a minefield when it comes to finding the right ones and I have no idea where to start. I don't drink alcohol or caffeine, only water. I try to eat well and try to sleep as well as I can. I do everything you are supposed to do for good health.
I do also try to exercise every day but most days recently I am full on exhausted and can only manage a couple of dog walks a day (over fields and countryside) but when I can I practise yoga and do some weights although I often have zero motivation to do so. I would like to take up swimming and currently looking for somewhere locally which is quiet.
Has anyone successfully lifted decades of depression and anxiety and found some sort of peace?