Help Alix raise money

Mental illness has been a constant struggle for me. Around 2016 I began to seek help for depression. After experimenting with counselling and low-grade medications, my family doctor realized it was a little more severe than that. I was referred to a psychiatrist in Prince Albert, which was a 6 month wait. That didn’t work out, so we were back to the drawing board. I finally found a psychiatrist in Saskatoon that I see periodically. That was another 6 month wait. I was diagnosed in 2018 with anxiety that has been around long enough that it caused me to slip into depression. 

It took 2 years to get my stuff even slightly straightened out. I still am working on coping and levelling out medications etc… This should not be! Mental health resources in this province are almost null. It should not be this hard-to-find help. Luckily, I am not a severe enough case to require immediate help… but I have talked to people that are in immediate need and the resources just aren’t there.

‘The Cameco Fund for Mental Health was established through the Saskatoon Community Foundation. These funds will be disbursed annually to organizations undertaking charitable projects that promote or protect mental health.’