A hard week and the people who noticed

Something worth knowing: my appetite change and my mood change moved together and it took a long time to work out which was leading.

I had a difficult autumn that had nothing to do with any of this, and disentangling that was most of the work of my second year.

My other medication needed reviewing and a pharmacist spotted something two doctors had not. Do have the interactions conversation properly.

What I would say is that a change in mood is worth reporting even if you cannot attribute it, and especially if you cannot attribute it.

Coming back to say I am better. It took two clinicians, one medication review and a very patient friend, and it took about eight months.

Nothing here is medical advice and on this subject that matters. If you are struggling, please talk to somebody qualified, and our support resources page lists the kinds of service worth finding.

The support around me improved dramatically once I told people what would actually help, rather than expecting them to guess.

I had to accept that some of this was seasonal and would have happened regardless, and that acceptance stopped me looking for a cause that was not there.

Somebody here said that a hard week does not need a cause to be legitimate, and I have carried that around for two years.

I want to say clearly that my mental health has been better rather than worse across two years, because the difficult accounts are the ones that get written.