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To talk to the GP again

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outnumberedwoman · 17/04/2020 00:05

This might be long but please bear with me as I don't want to drip feed. I am a survivor of domestic abuse and sexual abuse. I have been diagnosed with ptsd. I was sexually assaulted at 16 and from 17 -27 i was in an abusive relationship. We were married for 3 of those years. I have been through lots of counselling both one on one and group therapy. I am remarried and we have 2 children (7 and 5). I am now 36. I managed to wean off my strong antidepressants and anti psychotic drugs for my first pregnancy.

Everything flared up for me during a particularly difficult disability assessment (I also have severe physical health problems) 2 years ago. (The person was sacked for gross misconduct over how she handled my case so it wasn't just my opinion that she was heavy handed) Anyway I went back on my antidepressants and have been on them ever since. I also went back to more counselling at this time to deal with panic attacks and flashbacks.

My youngest child is currently being assessed for ASD and has speech delay and associated frustrated behaviour. Recently her sleep has been a problem.

So now that I have explained the background i will get to my aibu and thank you for sticking with me so far. Lately I have been feeling worse and slowly going down the dark hole. I am aware that it is tough for everyone during lockdown and many people have it worse than me and I know the nhs is stretched beyond belief but would i be unreasonable to try to get an appointment with my gp to talk about how I am feeling and see if they could up my prescription? They did say before all this started that my current dose is at the lower end so if I felt I needed more help it could be upped but I would feel bad if I thought I was using up precious resources unnecessarily when the country is basically at war with this virus.

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FaithInfinity · 17/04/2020 00:13

I definitely think you should get in touch. Just because there’s a pandemic happening doesn’t mean you don’t need medical attention.
If it’s easier, my GP practice are routinely offering telephone appointments at the moment rather than face to face. I think this is actually saving them a lot of time. But they are still doing some face to face (I understand sometimes people find phone calls easier, sometimes face to face). I hope you feel better soon Flowers

Merryoldgoat · 17/04/2020 00:15

Of course you should contact your doctor - you sound like you are coping with a great deal.

I hope they are able to help you Flowers

MrsNoah2020 · 17/04/2020 00:21

GP here - it is absolutely fine to contact us. We are dealing with as much as possible by phone or video but, apart from that, we are working as normally as we can. It doesn't have to be an emergency to contact us - you can contact us for any of the normal reasons, and mental health is a very good one. If you were my patient, I would definitely want you to contact me, so that I could try to help Flowers

outnumberedwoman · 18/04/2020 00:18

Thank you all.

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HamsterHolder · 18/04/2020 02:40

As someone who works for the nhs going to see your gp to have that discussion sounds exactly the correct thing to be doing! Primary care is absolutely open and there for you. In fact it's those who think they have the virus who should not generally be calling their gp - 111 online or phone as a first point of call for that so that gps are able to assist people like yourself

JustStayHome · 18/04/2020 02:44

I think most doctors are doing phone calls as a first point of call...

This maybe all you need.

Either way. Please do ring them
You aren't wasting anyone's time

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