Jabberwoxx
10-08-20, 12:44
Hieveryone,
Has anyone had any experience booking a GP appointment for mental health issues post-lockdown? If so, what are your experiences? I am based in the UK btw.
I've had anxiety issues since as long as I can remember - I last sought help in 2016 where the GP prescribed me medication and then sort of gave me a leaflet and let me get on with it. I took the medication and it seemed to work but came off them inlate 2017. Now issues have raised their ugly head again and I feel like I should seek some sort of help for it but don't know where to start.
My anxiety issues aren't directly COVID-related, but rather the COVID situation has made pre-existing anxiety worse.
I really, REALLY hate talking to the GP about this sort of thing. I always feel like a time-waster or that my problems can be remedied by self-help or Googling. The thing is I seem to have no motivation to even try and battle these anxieties and there are so many different symptoms of different things. But I'm also very cagey to book an appointment as it will likely be via telephone and I can't express myself very well on the phone. I also feel that given the situation, my appointment should be given to a more urgent physical case - this is where an element of guilt comes into it. :(
Just keen to hear people's thoughts - thanks.
Has anyone had any experience booking a GP appointment for mental health issues post-lockdown? If so, what are your experiences? I am based in the UK btw.
I've had anxiety issues since as long as I can remember - I last sought help in 2016 where the GP prescribed me medication and then sort of gave me a leaflet and let me get on with it. I took the medication and it seemed to work but came off them inlate 2017. Now issues have raised their ugly head again and I feel like I should seek some sort of help for it but don't know where to start.
My anxiety issues aren't directly COVID-related, but rather the COVID situation has made pre-existing anxiety worse.
I really, REALLY hate talking to the GP about this sort of thing. I always feel like a time-waster or that my problems can be remedied by self-help or Googling. The thing is I seem to have no motivation to even try and battle these anxieties and there are so many different symptoms of different things. But I'm also very cagey to book an appointment as it will likely be via telephone and I can't express myself very well on the phone. I also feel that given the situation, my appointment should be given to a more urgent physical case - this is where an element of guilt comes into it. :(
Just keen to hear people's thoughts - thanks.