An Ipswich woman has criticised her GP surgery after the number of antidepressants she was prescribed has been dramatically reduced.

Katrina Seaward has seen the number of diazepam she has prescribed reduced from 19 to 7 by Barrack Lane Medical Centre.

After her partner died of a stroke in April, Ms Seaward was left £80,000 which she used to buy a house in Ipswich.

However, after moving to the town last month her diazepam prescription which had although been reduced from a weekly dose of 21 tablets to 19 by her previous surgery Queensway Surgery in Southend it has now been cut to 7.

Ms Seaward, who is still grieving for her partner, told this newspaper she is schizophrenic.

She is also struggling to sleep as well as regularly vomiting and is facing breathing difficulties.

The sudden reduction in the dosage of her medication has left her struggling with her mental and physical health.

As a result, Ms Seaward with the help of a friend from Stowmarket has contacted Burlington Primary Care Surgery in Burlington Road to see if it could review the decision to reduce her dosage. 

She said: "They aren't doing anything. I'm having to drink to help me relax.

"It's making me very unwell; I'm not sleeping. I'm very depressed, I'm grieving over my partner."

Queensway Surgery said that due to patient confidentiality and data protection regulations it was unable to verify that Ms Seaward had previously been one of its patients. 

Barrack Lane Medical Centre was contacted for comment.