Poor old Sarah Vine

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www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/sarah-vine-daily-mail-michael-gove_uk_5cee4728e4b0ae671059401b?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvLnVrLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAALZQ9z-BrD7eggsWgdgqHoMbWCIUaEaz6pwocL29Bg3d73lLx0CIg6kTELL1VShTjq86KpmAViYdVNdy5baA6zd2h-sVz8pL_xacvQz7akhoh62Tu4-YeOkuWWHfjpdySHa9mOHLKVZkBvRA673mXYWSLn_L9uLmz029OXyVjSRb

Sorry for very long link. Huffington Post on how SV is using her column to fight her husbands bid to become the next Tory Leader.

I suppose now, with this kind of publicity, and the new proposed NICE guidelines, doctors are going to think it is the right thing to not prescribe these meds. People will suffer unnecessarily.

Heb =Jen damn phone

Oh don’t be so ridiculous Heb of course I bloody read right across the print media - don’t you? God help us from your type of post

I really don't like people like her putting forward her personal views on this. Just because she has been on antidepressants that did not agree with her in the past, does not mean antidepressants are not the right treatment for others. She is obviously finding the one she is on now (sertraline) helpful or she would be coming off of it. That is not an antidepressant that is difficult to come off.

Think she should keep her nose out of other people's medical issues.

If it was Polly Toynbee writing in the Guardian, they would be lapping it up.

I agree Kittylester! They’re out in force again this morning! Pity their grandkids. ???

It always amuses me that those who claim to hate the Mail (and they are of course usually unoriginal enough to refer to it as the Daily Fail) quite clearly do read it, hence this thread.

I suspect Sarah Vine will always be judged negatively by some, purely and simply because she is married to Michael Gove.

Well said Beckett. It's exhausting.

Haven’t read the article but I applaud her for speaking out , sadly there will always be those who mock mental illness but the numbers are decreasing.

Who's Sarah Vine ??

I despair of the vitriol on gn, sometimes. You'd think as grandparents we be a lot less judgemental and much kinder.

I put my faith in a good GP
If only we all had a good GP! Depression needs to be addressed and brought out in the open by whatever means. Even if you dont agree with someones politics (or their husbands) we need to be more aware of others who are suffering in silence caused by the shame because others dismiss us.
Having read the column that SV wrote I took the opinion she was talkiing more about the problems of anti depression drugs and the side effects.

I don’t think you quite got the response you were hoping for with this thread Elvive

I thought this was about her husband's bid for grandeur?

Erm me too *LullyDully or I wouldn't have joined in. I know she wrote a piece recently in which she said something on the lines of "her DH would make an excellent PM but didn't take the bins out" or some other tosh.

Anything that makes it easier to be open about suffering from depression is surely a good thing, regardless of what newspaper/media outlets it is reported in/on.

Depression is not “just having a bad day” most of us on here have “bad days”. Depression is all encompassing, affects every decision, action, the whole of ones self.

Taking antidepressants is not a lifestyle choice - they help to give you back your life.

Depression is not anything to do with what political party you support or who your husband is.

It's great that it is now more freely discussed but I put my faith in a good GP, not an article in the Mail.

For years depression was something you hid - it was something to be ashamed of. The more people who come out and admit they have suffered removes that shame and means more people will look for help. It doesn't matter how rich, apparently successful or "happy" you appear to the outside world, inside you are dying.

The most exhausting thing is putting up a "front" when with people and then going home and collapsing.

Somehow, I think she will be OK. I don't think her ideas should be plastered all over the paper in a sensational way.

I think this is more about taking a pot shot at Sarah Vine and her husband more than anything else.

As someone who has suffered with depression (and still do) I can only hope SV doesn't read GN because it could cause her to suffer a relapse. When depression hits - every comment, every action is taken as a personal criticism and can send you back down that deep dark well.

I wish she was using her prestige to talk about MH issues and specifically depression, in a helpful and meaningful way.

Quite possibly so Maryeliza, but Sarah Vine's political stance apart, I personally find it distasteful to dismiss anyone's admittance to having mental health problems as some nonsense. Andrea Leadsom; Dr Sarah Wollaston; Kevan Jones and others have all confirmed that they have sought treatment for their MH issues. I don't necessarily agree with their political views either but I applaud them for talking about it and helping to remove the stigma that remains with 1% of the population. and Elvive

Everything SV writes is a career move - she’s married to MG -would be PM - ffs..

I just read her article - she mentions the GPS who say that prescribing pills is all they can do as other services aren’t available. SV didn’t address that issue did she, or the role her husband and his mates have had in starving the NHS of resources, or the raft of mental health issues caused or exacerbated by our fractured infrastructure - housing, benefits, jobs, social and child care. . She’s a damn hypocrite and should just shut up about her personal struggles and care a bit more about the wider picture. But she won’t will she - one pathetic article of hers will fund a lot of therapy for her.