Aibu to think it's unreasonable to expect me to miss a few weeks medication because there are no appointments?

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I have been taking fluoxetine for 9 months since my dd was born. I had been on citalopram for 2 years before that. After my dd was born he citalopram suddenly stopped working and I was really depressed and anxious to the point where I was self harming and feeling suicidal.

I feel a lot better now with the occasional bad few days.

I normally get my prescription automatically done at the chemist so I just go once a month and pick it up. This month I went and they hadn't got it saying I would have to get it from the doctors.

So I tried to one from the doctors but was told they wouldn't renew it until they had seen me . The earliest appointment is that last few days of August. They said there was no way to get another as it was not an emergency and I should have made an appointment ahead .

I ran out of tablets a week ago and just had to stop taking them suddenly. I have felt OK until the last few days but the last few days I hVe starts to struggle not wanting to go out at all and starting to struggle not self harming again. Last night I starting getting really bad muscle pains I didn't link it at first but today I hVe had muscle pains in and off and wondering if it could be linked.

I feel very vey anxious now and think it's not really on that I am missing these weeks? I didn't know j needed an appointment to make ahead so that's not my fault really!

Aibu to think it's a bit off to expect me to miss weeks of medication?

Yes, I would definitely call and ask the doctor to ring you back, and explain it to him/her - I would hope they would either give you an emergency appointment or another prescription to tide you over until your existing appointment. Please do this - I know how hard it can be, but stopping Fluoxetine suddenly can be dangerous, and will definitely make you feel awful. Good luck.

Ask to speak to the duty doctor - it is an emergency and they almost certainly will give you a prescription to tide you over this has happened to me so many times it's embarrassing

Withdrawal from fluoxetine is not nice and under-recognised by health-professionals who haven't experienced it.

Phone or turn up at the surgery first thing tomorrow as soon as the surgery opens. Don't feel bad; people go to the Drs for all sorts of non-reasons, no-show for appointments etc. Try to single-mindedly focus on just getting there and getting sorted (as a fellow anxiety sufferer I know how bloody difficult just getting out the front door can be when particularly ill) and insist on things being sorted tomorrow. All the best and hopefully you will soon be back on the meds and back on track.

This is an emergency and I would talk to a doctor by any means possible, as others have said. Insist on an appointment tomorrow or if you really want to get this sorted before then, ring your local out of hours service tonight and explain you're having withdrawal symptoms from fluoxetine and are crashing in your mood and need a few tablets to tide you over until you can get a medication review.

I'm sorry this has happened, it sounds really hard for you.

Pigs it was the receptionist .

I honestly can't remember seeing a prescription I normally just go and they had me a bag with my tablets in maybe it's inside and I haven't noticed

Argh dangerous how? I have already been in hospital three times this year (for illness not mental health!) thus won't make me I'll will it??

urgh hate this - what they should have done is booked you the appt down the rd and given you a repeat to cover you till then simple

But of course that requires common sense - I usually have to bully my receptionist into it (deal with her in an assertive manner) as she can be a bit of a gatekeeper. But you are right they randomly decide to stop prescription sometimes as they are trying to save on spending I usually find its the quarterly parts of the year...

I am not an assertive person at all

Speak to the doctor as a matter of urgency, of course you shouldn't have to have a gap in your medication. Ask how long the prescription is valid before you need a doctor review and then put it in your diary so you can't forget. A paper prescription given to the patient with the medication usually has a note on it of how many prescriptions are authorised and how many give ie 3/6. When the next review is due it is marked on the same sheet, I suspect it is in the paper bag you've been collecting.

Good luck, hope you get seen tomorrow.

My local pharmacy puts a big red sticker on the box when its the last month of a prescription so it gives you a full month to arrange the appointment. Think this should be suggested to the pharmacy also as Id say youre deffinatly not the only person this has happened to

As everyone else said you really do need to get this sorted tomorrow, it's absolutely not a good idea to go cold turkey with this type of medication and the scratching is self harming. Do you have someone who could speak to the receptionist on your behalf to explain the situation? If you don't have any joy with your GP you can go to A&E - I know people are (rightly) put off going to A&E these days but as many have said this is becoming an emergency now and the longer it's left the longer it's potentially going to take you to get back on track.

This is not a good idea to just stop them - you must call your Drs and explain situation to receptionist and or get on call dr to call you back so you can explain

Definitely need an emergency appointment tomorrow. Withdrawal is serious and self harm is serious.

My pharmacy (Boots) are excellent and will often dispense an emergency supply if they call the surgery to confirm.

Call and call and get an emergency phone call and cite the severe withdrawal symptoms - and ask for either a repeat prescriptions or a phone call . so angry on your behalf op - it's not Fucking on

Oh and try that NHS line - as they will advise you and put a note I to your surgery for them to see you - that's a good idea

The pharmacy should have notified when you collected your previous prescription that this was the last available one so that you had time to make a GP appointment.

If you can arrange a telephone appointment with the GP they can probably give you some to tide you over until the next available appointment. You definitely shouldn't stop suddenly as you have done.

How are thing today Making? Did you get that appointment? Please don't be put off, the longer you leave it the harder it will get.

I have an appointment for next week now which is better than it was. But I actually feel a lot better today. I am just getting on and keeping going

I'm on venlafaxine and when I'm caught out like this the GP writes me a prescription to cover the wait so I'm not without