Simone talks about her experiences of postnatal depression, fibromyalgia and her treatment with antidepressants. Simone describes how nutrition played a huge part in her recovery and how she now supports others with their health and wellbeing.
In this episode we discuss:
- How Simone experienced Post Natal Depression after the birth of her first child
- That she struggled to bond with the baby and how she felt guilty and upset all the time leading to a visit to her doctor
- How a doctor diagnosed depression and prescribed antidepressants
- That the drugs made her feel completely numb
- How she took the drugs for around 2 years and then decided to stop
- That the main side effects were dry mouth and nausea but she felt very little, if any, benefit
- That Simone was careful to gradually reduce her antidepressant drugs when stopping
- How Simone started to battle with extreme fatigue which made working difficult
- That another doctor then prescribed another antidepressant that is commonly used for chronic pain but they didn’t help at all
- How Simone eventually saw a pain psychiatrist who was a great help and support and didn’t rely on drug treatments
- How Simone started to make fundamental changes in her life to deal with her mood and her chronic pain
- How changing her nutrition meant that she could be pain free and without inflammation
- That Simone believes that depression is your bodyâs way of telling you that you need to make significant changes in your life
- How Simone now supports other people with their health and wellbeing after retraining as a coach
- That Doctors are under severe time pressure and therefore are not able to look at a patients life holistically
- That Simone recommends the work of Dr. Kelly Brogan and the Human Givens Institute
- The fact that social media can be a major source of anxiety for children and that we should be working on their psychological strength when they are young
- That people should cut out sugar from their diets before considering taking an antidepressant
