WE ROAR Magazine issue 04 - Magazine - Page 27
My Long and Winding Road to Diagnosis
Me, I had been experiencing 8anxiety states9 and
recurring depression between 2003 and 2018 (15
years). My doctor prescribed Propranolol beta-blockers
to alleviate the physical symptoms of anxiety (the
8fight or flight9 response) and Citalopram for
depression. I constantly pushed for answers about why
my mental health was so fragile. I tried mind-mapping,
psychotherapy, battling demons from my past,
Cognitive Behaviour therapy (CBT), self-help books…
yet still depression always came back. I was 99% sure
I had bipolar disorder at one point, and insisted my GP
referred me to a specialist, who assessed me and said,
