Im really scared to

talk to my doctor like she puts diagnoses down on paper and doesn't tell me about them and even when i ask she doesn't tell me also she draining my life i moved doctors as my last ones was not that good now this just seems more stress tbh

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i was talking to my friend who has like nearly same illness as me and she like dont stress but i have to go in every month so my doctor makes sure im alive she really dont check me over or anything asks how my mood is and thats it pointless but i need to keep going for my tablets also she said i have quality of life im still trying to work that one out as i spend 22 hours of my day in bed in pain or panic attackts i dont open up to new doctors because of what i have went through in the past but i dunno i feel blah about it all

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i do know what you mean i think i just need to ask her why she wrote that part with no saying like its coz shes okay been in bed or blah blah blah

[DippyDame]

Ask the GP for a copy of your med notes!

Best...

DD

[Hidden in reply to DippyDame]

i think that would make me so more suicidal then i have been this few weeks tbh i know her first appointment forsurgery is like at 7 3 days and shes working till 6 at night so maybe its so tiering

[Rose54 in reply to Hidden]

Hi

I know GPs work long hours and are stressed but that's no excuse she doing a job and being paid for it .

Just explain how you feel and ask her to write down your diagnosis .Explain you don't feel you have a quality of life and ask her why she says she feels you have .

Don't be intimidated by her

Good Luck

[Hidden]

It sounds as if the GP knows you have anxiety and is trying not to add to it.

I can think of a couple of things that might help. You could write a short letter to the GP saying how you feel when she writes notes during a consultation but doesn't tell you what she is writing. At least then she will know how you feel.

You could also take with you questions to ask her--- if you ask a direct question you should get an answer.

Might it help to take a trusted friend with you, or relative ?

I got a copy of my medical records going back 2 years, the most number of times I'd ever been to a GP in my life and nothing in it surprised me. Most of what they type is boring routine stuff. I'm sure sometimes they measure blood pressure just to have something to write down.

[Hidden in reply to Hidden]

I think it's because of how I been feeling that I have to go in every month tbh as my tablets are dated... you might be right about the anxiety I feel bad coz I'm so weird with doctors but I had bad ones that made me like this

[Hidden in reply to Hidden]

I totally understand. I had a horrendous experience in a hospital over 12 years ago and it's put me off hospitals for life. I still tend to get a bit bristly with drs even now.

[Hidden in reply to Hidden]

i think its all down to my experience when i first got attacked and my local mental health center just was just like okay shes fine and a spn told me it was all in my head and said some rather not so happy stuff about me when in fact i had ptsd and now iv went back there im getting nothing from them again i think my doctor might just not be telling me because of my anxiety i think i am overthinking alot and im stressing myself out with everything

[Fra22-57]

It's your health so ask for a copy of what's been wrote for today about your health so can understand things more

[Midori]

I have noticed lately that GPs are less than forthcoming about the diagnoses too. You need to bite the bullet and ask them direct, or you will just worry yourself into depression. They work for you, not the other way round.

[YASMINTINA FMA UK Volunteer]

Hi there I see you have moved surgeries this doctor isn't doing anything to help you move forward it was the same at my surgery but now sticking to the one doc and he now books my further appointments before I leave , ask to see another GP take a good friend or family member I've done that in the past with my bestie she will support me and adds in if she fills I'm not spitting out what I need to say . I really feel for you but don't suffer in silence take the bull by the horns as they say will look forward to reading your posts as to how you get on take care yasmintina xxx

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I am grateful i have a place to talk to people as most my friends dont understand what i am going thro and to be honest i dont like telling them as iv had alot of people judge me and use what i have said against me