MUM-of-two Tameika McBride battled fatigue, mood swings and heart palpitations - but she kept being dismissed by doctors, to the point she thought her symptoms were "in her head".

“I was anxious all the time, completely drained of energy , and moody and snappy with everyone around me,” she said.

“I had brain fog, heart palpitations, hair falling out, dry skin on my hands and feet, and I kept gaining weight no matter what I did.

"Deep down I knew it wasn’t normal.”

The mum kept being told her symptoms were caused by anxiety or, when she had her children, the stress of being a parent.

“Every time I went to the doctor, I was told it was postpartum depression, anxiety, or that I was just overthinking things," she said.

"I started to believe maybe it was all in my head.”

After Tameika

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