Hi struggletown
The mental health team were right in a way – in that, yes there is no magic pill that can be taken. But anti-depressants are out there for a good reason – that they do impact on how you’re feeling as long as you’ve got the right ones prescribed to you. You see there’s so many available now – I am surprised that your treating GP didn’t work with you more closely on trying to find the right possible medication.
It also sounds like you kind of weaned yourself off your meds – without any professional intervention by a GP – and if that was the case, then yes I can fully see just how difficult that would have been to do. Generally NOT a good thing to do by yourself.
I would seriously think about going back to your GP to try a different brand of meds – or if you’re not overly happy with your current GP, on this site, Beyond Blue have listed a number of GP’s that you can run a search for – to hopefully find one or more in your local area. These GP’s are all fully qualified in being able to deal with mental health issues and as such from that, they would be best equipped to refer you to an appropriate psych and also, be able to advise you what medication might be best suited to you.
I hope this helped out a little – although I guess I was just expanding a bit on your own post.
I do hope to hear from you again
Neil
