My mum is 78 years old and going through a mental health crisis. Primarily brought on by my dad’s cancer diagnosis which has now been changed to terminal. She has several times in her life where she has had to take an antidepressant ( Sertraline and Citalopram) but during the initial 2 months she has become so poorly and manic before they start to work. This time she feels she can’t go through this. Her GP has prescribed her a short course of diazepam but obviously this is only a short term fix to try and help her sleep and eat. She has already lost lots of weight which she can’t afford to do. Years a go she took dosalupin which she coped with well but SSRI make her so ill to start with I’m not sure she can cope as my dad needs her. Any suggests please. As in turn my mental health is taking a nose dive too.