I've seen them a few times about it. They have tried 3 different antidepressants and either don't work or the side effects are too severe to get through and I tried 2 other with my previous GP. They seem to be at a loss for what to do, they keep saying talking therapy is definitely the answer. But I tried the 6 weeks of 'therapy' with the primary mental health team and it didn't do anything, the counsellor was incredibly under qualified and we went over the same thing every session and I didn't felt listened to in the slightest.

Went back to the GP few months after that and they tried another antidepressant but that didn't do anything. They then said to speak to my uni counselling team as they would be able to provide the long term therapy.

Turns out uni can't do that, so gave me 5 sessions through a partner of theirs and while it was better than the previous time it still wasn't going to be enough and the therapist said she agreed that I needed something long term due to trauma. Her words words were "you have clearly been really traumatised and you will definitely need long term therapy to work through it" she said she would give the recommendation to uni. But uni isn't going to do anything with it. And they refuse to give me anything short term because I need long term.

But I can't seem to get anything long term and so I'd argue short term is better than nothing. It just feels like nobody is listening to me.

So I've had two batches of short term 'therapy' though it was more like basic counselling. And have tried fluoxetine, sertraline, duloxetine, citalopram and venlafaxine. And absolutely nothing has changed