Roxy Jacenko reveals she is taking antidepressants after suffering a ‘nervous breakdown’

Roxy Jacenko has in the past candidly revealed that she had a nervous breakdown after her husband, Oliver Curtis, was jailed for insider trading in 2016. 

And now the PR mogul has admitted that she was given antidepressants medication when she ‘reached a ‘breaking point’ 11 months after Oliver was imprisoned.

Speaking to the Financial Review, the 38-year-old reveals she begged a doctor for help. 

‘It’s not something to be ashamed of’: Roxy Jacenko (pictured) reveals she is taking antidepressants after suffering a ‘nervous breakdown’ and begging a doctor to ‘admit her to a clinic’ following the imprisonment of her husband Oliver Curtis

Roxy told the publication that he said to her GP: ‘You need to admit me to a clinic.’ 

At that time she was prescribed her the antidepressant Effexor, which the Sweaty Betty founder has continued to use. 

Candid about her experience, Roxy says that receiving the help she needs is nothing to be ashamed of.

‘It’s not something to be ashamed of. If that’s what I need to do to make sure that I am a good mother, a good boss, I deliver on the job that I have to do, and that I’m happy and confident, so be it,’ she tells the publication.  

Help: The PR mogul has admitted that she was given anti-depressant medication when she 'reached a 'breaking point' 11 months after husband Oliver (right) was imprisoned and she continues taking it to this day

Help: The PR mogul has admitted that she was given anti-depressant medication when she ‘reached a ‘breaking point’ 11 months after husband Oliver (right) was imprisoned and she continues taking it to this day

It's okay: 'It's not something to be ashamed of. If that's what I need to do to make sure that I am a good mother, a good boss,' Roxy says

It’s okay: ‘It’s not something to be ashamed of. If that’s what I need to do to make sure that I am a good mother, a good boss,’ Roxy says

It comes after news that Roxy and Oliver are set to reveal all in a no-holds-barred interview with Melissa Doyle on Sunday Night. 

And in a new preview for the tell-all talk, an emotional Roxy is seen admitting that she had a ‘nervous breakdown’ following her husband’s incarceration for insider trading in 2016.

‘I couldn’t cope. I had a nervous breakdown,’ she says. 

Candid: Roxy and Oliver are set to reveal all in a no-holds-barred interview with Melissa Doyle on Sunday Night. 'I couldn't cope. I had a nervous breakdown,' Roxy says

Candid: Roxy and Oliver are set to reveal all in a no-holds-barred interview with Melissa Doyle on Sunday Night. ‘I couldn’t cope. I had a nervous breakdown,’ Roxy says

Difficult days: 'I had a nervous breakdown. I had cancer in 2016, 2017. My husband went to jail. I was raising two children on my own, [I had] four businesses I was running. I lost my marbles,' Roxy has said. Pictured are Roxy's children Hunter, four, and Pixie, six

Difficult days: ‘I had a nervous breakdown. I had cancer in 2016, 2017. My husband went to jail. I was raising two children on my own, [I had] four businesses I was running. I lost my marbles,’ Roxy has said. Pictured are Roxy’s children Hunter, four, and Pixie, six

‘How has this happened to me?’ she asks herself, before Melissa says that the PR mogul ‘went off the rails.’   

Roxy has previously said that raising two children alone while managing her business empire, she ‘lost her marbles’. 

‘I had a nervous breakdown. I had cancer in 2016, 2017. My husband went to jail. I was raising two children on my own, [I had] four businesses I was running. I lost my marbles,’ she candidly told the crowd at the Business Chicks event.  

All together: The family have since been reunited upon Oliver's release from jail and recently took a luxury European vacation. Roxy is pictured with her family 

All together: The family have since been reunited upon Oliver’s release from jail and recently took a luxury European vacation. Roxy is pictured with her family 

 

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