Different doctor

[Cherrypi]

Been signed off work for two weeks with stress/depression. Due to go back on Thursday but feel I can't face it. The doctor who signed me off isn't in today. I'm really anxious a new doctor won't believe me. I'm not as bad as I was but work is the stressor and I don't think I ever want to go back. My family say my judgement is clouded at the moment. Do you think that's true?

Hi cherry are you signed off with work related stress/depression? If not then you may need your medical notes to reflect the work aspect. Go back to gp (even if you need to speak to the new one) and make sure that you are listened to. You may benefit from contacting your work place human resource and asking them to refer you to occupational health for an assessment. Occy health should come up with a number of strategies that should be implemented for you to return to work, your work place should listen to occy health in terms of your psychological health.

I don't want to return though.