Are you happy?

If you’re not, please reach out to someone (professional and personal)

Thanks to seeing my doctor when I was struggling and choosing a fairly low dose of medication I can now click ‘mostly’ on this poll.

Before; it would have been ‘no’.
Not because I am unhappy in my relationship or with my 3 young children but because I wasn’t feeling myself and wasn’t being the best I could be for them (I looked after them all and even played with them but I personally felt like shit)

Now I feel so much better and almost every day is a happy one since I have sought help so I encourage people in the same position as I was to do the same xx

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I’m glad you found something that works for you!

I really struggled after my first - I had so much worry and anxiety. A friend encouraged me to see a doctor and I ended up getting on a low dose medication as well and it helped tons. Went off it when I got pregnant with my second but jumped back on after giving birth and feeling those same feeling creep back in. Helps me be a better mom, wife, friend, daughter, sister, etc :)

I'm always happy. Yet I have sad days, hard days, tired days like everybody. Yet I'm a happy person

Stay at home Mom of three here👋 I’m struggling 🥴 and the meds I’ve tried just turned me into a zombie, I didn’t care about anything, no emotion, nothing. But I don’t have the time to try to find a professional to help

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