Advise

[Jorna]

Hi can I ask you something what should I do if my brother wants to talk to my gp about me and he know nothing about me and he will use it against me and I'm scared is the gp allowed to talk about me or do they have to ask me first I am 26 years old. Thanks

[Olderal]

Hello Jorna, i would n't worry at all about this . Your brother has a perfect right to see his GP and anything he tells the doctor will not be talked about by the Doctor . It will be confidential. I'm sure the doctor will have enough sense not to listen to anything bad your brother says about you.

Reading several of your past posts I think you should pluck up your courage and visit your GP yourself. With problems of anxiety and depression your GP is almost always your best friend and will listen to your problems and try and find something to help. What can be bad about that ? Presumably .reading between the lines of your post you do not get on well with your brother and at 26 you are far too old to be squabbling with your brother and should make a real effort to improve things between you.

Olderal

[Jorna in reply to Olderal]

He wants to talk to the gp about me

[Olderal in reply to Jorna]

Yes ,I understand that but Doctors are there to treat patients and the Doctor will not be interested in what your brother says about you.

The wisest thing is to visit your GP yourself for help . He is not going to be interested in tittle tattle about you from your brother.

[Hidden]

Hi it sounds like your brother is very keen on you getting help. Why not take this chance to see your doctor with him? It's easier with someone else there if you find it hard to talk.

[sweetiepye]

Your Doctor will not talk to any one about your medical issues unless you give permission. I think that might be a bad idea. It's personal information and you said he might use it against you. Keep it to yourself. Just talking to your Doctor is probably best. Pam

[Mumof347]

Hi jorna

If he/she is a good GP they will say from a professional level it is not advisable to discuss anything else apart from himself as it is patient confidentiality..usually you are not allowed to distract the GP from the initial issue of the visit x

[Eternity78]

I think you better call your GP and warn him /her that a family member might visit you to discuss my case and that you expect him/her to be professional enough to refrain from discussing your confidential information with a third party even if he was family.

why am I saying that ??

because this exact situation happened to me ..my younger brother suspected things are getting worse with me so he headed to my psychiatric and talked about me ..the result ?? an ambulance was outside my house ordered by my brother who crashed into my bedroom and pulled me out of bed to go with him to the hospital by ambulance thinking that I was dying !!

things were exaggerated at the psychiatrist office who was upset about me coz i stopped my medications and stopped seeing him (due to the many side effects that my body couldn't handle any more and NO one understands how unbearable were these side effects ) so he decided to turn against me and spill everything out with some ( false extras ) to give more drama to my condition !!

i'm not sure you want to hear how badly this ended ..it's just like in the movies ..fight , tears and struggle with the whole family 😳

I don't want to scare you ..but i just want you to make sure that your GP will REFRAIN from discussing your medical condition with any third party even if it was a caring family member because things can get complicated and out of control.

Best of luck 🌹

[Jorna]

That's what I'm scared of they he would do exactly the same to me and the worse thing is I don't even know what he said. The thing I don't get is why does he think. It's his right to talk about me to them even when I don't myself it doesn't help it's making me want to end life again a feeling I haven't had for a good few months but they wouldn't understand