Neil Delamere's Sunday Best

This week our resident agony aunt Niamh Fitzpatrick had some advice for a listener struggling with depression and exhaustion since having children seven years ago. Hi Neil and Niamh, I am feeling very low, overwhelmed and exhausted and probably have been since I had my kids 7 years ago, I think I may have had post-natal depression that went untreated. I am just getting worse and it’s been going on so long I don’t know how to ask for help. I tried to tell my GP twice, the first time he said I was just tired and the second he gave me a prescription for anti-depressants. I didn’t take them and tried to up my exercise which helped a little, though I’m not able to exercise at the moment and that isn’t helping. I have two great kids, I work full time and I have a partner. I don’t get too much help with the kids/house/anything really. I’m everyone’s shoulder to cry on, everyone calls on me for favours and I feel like I’m invisible as no-one is interested unless t