Stupid GP!

[calebsmum]

My dad suffered serious head injuries in Feb and as a result now has brain damage. He's quite aggressive towards some people and keep's accusing my mum of having affairs. My poor mum is understandably stressed, she's also trying to run my dad's factory and still do her own part-time job. She's been quite depressed and is having trouble sleeping, i've been on at her to go and see her doctor for some help and she finally plucked up the courage yesterday.

The doctor listened to her poor her heart out and then just said 'oh well, chin up' and that was it!! I'm so bloody angry, after all that my mum's still not got the help she needs and now she won't go to the doctor again as she doesn't think it's important and that she's wasting his time.

I feel like phoning the doctor and complaining but I know this will upset my mum, am just so angry for her

Thats disgraceful - I dont know what to say but am angry for your poor mum. She needs proper support not a pep-talk.

Have you tried CAB or Samaritans. Is there a support group for the kind of injuries your dad has, just clutching vat straws but there mus be help available from somewhere!

Echo LFM that Samaritans or support groups could be helpful. at what her GP said - I'm sure he must be in the minority of GPs, though maybe I've been lucky with GPs and depression issues. It's worth her seeing a different doctor. Does she know what the other doctors are like at her practice? It sounds like that particular doctor is a bit old-school and 'stiff upper lip'.

It sounds like she is getting lots of love and support from you though calebsmum. I hope things improve for her

I can understand how angry and upset you feel, but you have only got your mum's account to go on. When people are in the sort of state she is in (and understandably, she's got a lot on) they often don't express properly how they feel, or take in all of what's being said. Could you make another appointment for her, possibly with a different GP if there's a choice at the practice she goes to, and go with her both to make sure she tells the doctor how she's really feeling, and to insist on getting some help for her?