Megan Barton-Hanson has opened up about her battle with poor mental health, revealing she's off antidepressants for the first time in four years.
The Love Island babe, 25, took to Instagram to talk about her struggle and thanked her friends for all their support over the years.
She said she'd been "petrified" to stop taking the tablets but was thrilled to finally be "free" of them.
Megan wrote: "I wasn't going to share this, as I've denied being on antidepressants in past interviews.
"I saw it as a weakness, which in hindsight it was the opposite, I struggled with accepting help and asking for it because I didn't know why I felt depressed and anxious."
The reality TV star then tagged several of her friends who she credited for helping her through her dark days.
Megan continued: "Thank you for always talking sense and being there during my the darkest times.
"Even though I never take your advice at first or ignore your Whatapps for days because I couldn't deal with getting out of bed!
"Your support and love over the last couple of months has been unreal."
It was then that she detailed her journey with medication, even admitting she'd taken the tablets during her stint on Love Island.
She added: "I'm so proud to finally say I’m off antidepressants after 4 YEARS and I wouldn't have been able to do it with out you all.
"I'm not saying it's a good thing to come off them, everyone is on their own journey! (don't just stop without contacting your doctor) but after relying on them for so long I was petrified of ever missing one!
"I would get the shakes and panic if I forgot one. (Sorry to all the MUAs trying to apply eye makeup when I’m shaking with anxiety!)
"Even during Love Island I would take them sheepishly hoping no one would clock and ask what they were!
"I feel so free and like the dark cloud has finally gone, I was so used to them I forgot what life before them in a good headspace actually felt like!
"Sometimes in life we need to hit a real low to want to change."
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