hello everyone,
Just wanted to share a piece of advice with you all. Now you may not agree with me, but having dealt with the NHS for quite a while now, Ed (my boyfriend) and I have reached this conclusion: You have to tell your doctor what you want!! You could go to see your doctor complaining about dizziness, headaches, feeling low and depressed, etc and they won't tell you that you have anxiety/depression or give you a prescription. If you walk in there and say "I'm suffering from anxiety and I want to start anti-depressants today", they will write you out a prescription on the spot. As wrong and horrible as it may be, it seems to me that the NHS revolves around one notion: spending as little as possible. Because of this, if you don't demand, you don't get!! Therefore, when seeing your doctors, make sure that YOU tell THEM what you want. There are so many people on this forum who don't get the help from their doctor that they need/deserve and you shouldn't let them do this to you..
Sarah
"Life is too important to take seriously" Corky Siegal