I can't cope with all this anymore

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Thanks Raleigh, I'll read up on anti-inflammatory diets and see what I can do, I won't be able to go all the way because I'm a bit of a fussy eater, don't like avocado, fish, soup (the texture bothers me) for example, but I'll see what I can do. It's very tricky for any of us to change their diet around here, because all of us are very fussy eaters, and there's only a very short, limited list of things that we can all eat for dinner. In fact, the one significant change in our diet came a few years ago when I started occasionally cooking things like stir-fries, vegetable risottos, pasta sauces without mince or ridiculous amounts of cream, red curry, lentils, etc. My brother still refuses to eat all of these things (he lives on frozen pizza now...) but this was a wake up call for my parents and in general we are all eating much better compared to a few years ago.

You're starting to sound like my Mum... She drinks this horrible stuff called Kefir, which she makes by growing bacteria, it's basically homemade yoghurt, she keeps going on and on about how good it is for you. I find it absolutely disgusting, and every time I've tried it I've had to spit it out and drink something else to try and get the horrible taste out of my mouth. I think the general idea of this is that it contains probiotics, many, many more than the ones that you buy, but if it's the storebought ones or nothing then surely they're worth a try.

After my last bout of depression in 2014, I swore I wasn't going to let this happen again, and since then I've been extra careful to try not to put myself in stressful situations or do anything that might put my mental health at risk. At least this time it's obvious that it's come back because of the way my life was turned upside down so suddenly and unexpectedly like that, but in a way that just makes it even harder. I think the main reason it's particularly bad at the moment is because I still have a few essays/assignments to finish for uni, and this has been much harder and more stressful than usual, causing me to lose faith in myself.

Why I suggest an anti-inflammatory diet is because it limits seizures.
Ketogenic, preferably.

Your mum sounds like a wise lady.