GP telephone appointment tomorrow

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Hi all,

I’m worrying about a telephone appointment I have tomorrow - I have done an online econsult which my go has seen and they asked me to make this appointment - I missed the call last week.

I’ve had sertraline before and I can feel myself slipping back into depression and I need to have some time out from work to start feeling better. All weekend my anxiety has been really bad as I’m worried the doctor won’t believe me and will not prescribe anything or sign me off for a couple of weeks or so. I’ve written down bullet points of how I feel but it just reads like a script for depression and anxiety and I have trouble explaining how I really feel because my mind is constantly on the go and all jumbled. I keep thinking I can’t keep pretending to be ok when I know I’m not but so many people at work just think everybody off with these illnesses are just lazy and silly for not being able to cope with everyday life.

Has anyone been to their gp and not been believed?

One of my old gps was a typical country doctor that didn't believe in mental health issues. However it sounds like yours is different - they have seen an online form you filled in and are concerned enough to want to speak to you. I imagine the doctor you speak to will be the right one at your surgery to deal with this as they have picked it up and allocated it internally - there are some lovely doctors out there.
Give yourself hope and if it doesn't work out just make an appointment to see a different gp - you could ask the receptionist the best one to see for such issues (worked for me)
Best of luck for tomorrow

Well my GP phoned me first thing rather than waiting til after her morning surgery. She was lovely and I have to collect a prescription for sertraline later and I asked for a fit note for a couple of weeks initially. I do need to phone back though as I meant to ask about working my second job - it’s just a small cleaning job twice a week that I feel I can still do, I don’t have to interact with anyone and I don’t have to concentrate in the same way as in my main job.

Thanks for the update. Glad it went well.

Hi. I made a post yesterday. But no one has seen it yet.

I'm on setraline too. I've only been taking half my prescribed dose to save on money which is a stupid thing to do I know. I saw the doctor today and he's referred me to counselling.

Good luck x