are you able to visit a GP to get a general health check up done, including bloods and urine?
That could be helpful for identifying all sorts of gaps, including in nutrition and general health. If this isn't possible, perhaps a pharmacy would be able to check your blood pressure?
In fairness to your therapist, while generally more exercise and healthy nutrition tend to be good advice, therapists may not be the best professional to discuss medication - they are not a medical doctor nor psychiatrist? Perhaps it would be best to discuss side effects with the prescriber? Or is that who refered you to the neurologist-psychiatrist?
That all said, have you challenged your therapist that their reaction to you was a bit standoffish or unempathetic / invalidating when you've shared this feeling / belief / thought that your medicine may be causing your problems? What kind of approach your therapist incorporates? Person centred? Psychodynamic? Is this representative of how they generally work with you or other clients? How are the sessions funded and what is their motivation to help you?
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