I have a family history of mental illness, my mother has bipolar. I have always argued that my experiences of mental health are a little bit like nature vs nurture. I hit a real low that’s been going on for two weeks. It started off like typical anxiety and I was writing job applications so I wrote it off as that but I have stopped all that and I’m still very low. It got so bad that I took some medication. It is now apparent to me I can’t get better without some form of medication so therefore I need a diagnosis of some kind. I don’t know where to go.
I was prescribed olanzapine 4 months ago by my GP for anxiety and depression following the death of my husband. After taking it for about 2 months I tried to come off this medication due to the weigh…
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