top of page
My Blog
Search


Just keep taking the tablets!
I did what the doctors told me. I took the tablets and saw a therapist but still the anxiety plagued me.

Claire Wortley
Nov 23, 202310 min read
Â
Â
Â


Postnatal Depression 1995
I'm gonna be a good Mum. I've read tons of books and have so much love to give what could possibly go wrong? Within hours of giving birth...

Claire Wortley
Nov 14, 20209 min read
Â
Â
Â


Anxiety - if you wanted to, you could pull yourself out of it, right?
It was as if time stopped and I was stuck in this one moment.

Claire Wortley
Sep 3, 20203 min read
Â
Â
Â


Stressed? Worried? Anxious?
Covid-19/Coronavirus is spreading across the globe. Most of us are unable to work and are staying at home. Are your worries mounting up

Claire Wortley
Mar 25, 20206 min read
Â
Â
Â


It's withdrawal.....I'm not depressed.....bloody agitated but not depressed!
'Get up and get moving.' 'If you do something you'll feel better.' 'Distract yourself with something and you'll forget to feel bad.'...

Claire Wortley
Dec 18, 20194 min read
Â
Â
Â


Antidepressant Discontinuation Syndrome(ADS)/Antidepressant Withdrawal Syndrome (AWS)
Lets start here :- Types of antidepressants Antidepressants can be grouped according to how they work. The different types are: SSRIs:...

Claire Wortley
Nov 17, 20198 min read
Â
Â
Â


I've hit the wall!
Yep......reducing Mirtazapine/Remeron has been plain sailing up until now. I've sussed out that feeling unwell is almost definitely due...

Claire Wortley
Nov 16, 20192 min read
Â
Â
Â


What is wrong with me?
How often do you ask yourself that question....alot?

Claire Wortley
Nov 2, 20192 min read
Â
Â
Â


Reckless Withdrawal!
Around 6/7 years ago, during chronic anxiety and insomnia, my GP(doc) decided to change my antidepressant from Sertraline/Zoloft to...

Claire Wortley
Jun 4, 20194 min read
Â
Â
Â


Stable.....meds update!
So here we are a few weeks since my last meds reduction and I'm ok. I have recently started a new job which is taking me out of my...

Claire Wortley
May 18, 20192 min read
Â
Â
Â


It's Ok to not be Ok - really?😡😡
This saying really bugs me, in fact it makes me angry. I get the gist behind it...you know ...that you don't have to feel ok all the...

Claire Wortley
Apr 7, 20192 min read
Â
Â
Â


Meds update
So last night I took a lower dose again and I'm ok. I did wake earlier than usual but that could be because we have the builders in....

Claire Wortley
Feb 12, 20191 min read
Â
Â
Â
bottom of page