To ask for a boot up the arse?

[ChaoticGouda]

Hello all, I'm sorry if those who are familiar with my previous posts are sick to death of me going on about this, so I'll try to be brief:

I paid for a private assessment with an ADHD-specialist practice back in August. This is because when I went to the local GP for help and a referral last year, they effectively fobbed me off by saying there were no adult specialists in the area (irritating, but understandable) and that they felt it was "just anxiety" (less understandable).

There's been far more back-and-forth than I could have ever anticipated. Trying to communicate to doctors how much I'm struggling, getting blood tests and ECG arranged, doctors forgetting to pass information back to the clinic...

The problem is, to have the next appointment to discuss medication, the clinic has the contact me first. They can only do this once they have had the physical test results sent to them. These tests were performed over a month ago, so obviously should have arrived by now.

I emailed the GP practice over a week ago, with no response. I KNOW I now need to bite the bullet and just. Phone. Them. But to be entirely honest I'm sick and tired of pushing aside my anxiety to talk to a relative stranger about my nosediving mental stability, and this is making me put it off like crazy.

I've on month 3 of my sick leave with work and the end of this month is barreling towards me. When I'm not distracting myself with the festivities or escapism online, I'm having crying fits and doing... Well, not-healthy things to myself to try and get rid of the stress.

I know it's just a phone call. I know it takes ten minutes at most. I know I'm overthinking this. I just... Need more pressure to do it, I guess. Thank you, and I hope you're doing as well as you can.

OP, just think what a weight will be off your shoulders when it's done, and you can then enjoy the Christmas break properly.

Do it now and report back

Sorry the practice has been shitty.

boot firmly planted on your backside, promise yourself a little treat for after the phone call. a cup of something and a nice piece of cake, buy something for yourself then you can look forward to receiving it etc.
good luck with the call, you can do this, deep breathe and dial.
let us know how you get on if you feel you can

You need to do this.

You can do this

Break it down into steps
Write down the phone number of the GP
Write out a script of what you want to say
Write out two excuses they might say to stall you and your response
Put your phone on the table with paper and a pen to take notes of the conversation
Dial

You can do this

You need to do this