come off AD's by accident - what's wrong with me?

[Clumsyworker]

I've run out of anti-depressants (Sertraline 50 mg) - I've known for ages I was running low and needed to phone for a repeat prescription.

But I haven't and I don't know why. This happens to every time I'm running low and I don't know why I do it.

It's only a simple phone call and yet I just keep putting it off. I need those meds and struggle without them and I know this - so why do I do this? It's like I'm my own worse enemy. The longer I leave it the more it becomes a big thing in my head.

Does anybody else have this problem?

Sorry come off anti-depressants by mistake - what's wrong with me thread title should read. Sorry, I am hopeless 😢

Do you have online access? I find it easier to order repeats that way, no need to speak to anyone.

Also, your regular pharmacy can issue a short course of medication until the prescription is ready.

Could you not just have the pharmacy set up advanced repeats so they order your prescription automatically for you, All you have to do then is pick it up?

Is it the actual phone call that is the problem or is it some sort of protest/self sabotage because you don’t want to be on them? I am able to order my meds online at my surgery, can you set up patient access so you could order online?

If you have run out, your regular pharmacist can give you a few advanced tablets to tide you over until you have been issued a prescription.

Thank you orf1abc - I didn't know this was a thing! That would be perfect if I could do that.

I don't love making phone calls but can do it when I have to and actually have to do it a lot for work - so don't know why I can't do this!

I'm not sure GrrRightBack - I don't think I have a phone phobia although like I said, I don't love phone calls. Think maybe a bit of both? "Self-sabotage" is exactly what it is but can't figure out why I do it.

I used to be similar to this, it always felt like such a faff to ring, and wait and just always left it way too late and was then panicking! Since registering to do it online, it is the easiest and quickest job that I just do It. I set a reminder on my phone for when I need to do it.

Thanks HelloHello. It probably just is laziness on my part - it's just I'm not lazy in other ways so that's why it's weird.

It's like actually verbally requesting them, actually acknowledging that I take them - I think that's maybe what I struggle with.

And I always have this thing in my head that I'm not really depressed/anxious - that everything that's happened is my fault and I'm just a faker and that the receptionist sees through me.

I've also always had this issue with procrastination and it is like this constant self-sabotaging - can't really get to the bottom of that.

It's like I'm so stressed at work I don't have the headspace for anything else so I just put things off. But I end up more anxious because of it. I'm in a bad way now and I'm going to have start l over again with the anti-D's as they always take a few weeks to kick in.

Reallystruggling now actually but I have nobody to blame but myself.