Is the stress of trying to see a GP making anyone else’s anxiety worse?

[KelvinWayne]

I don’t even know how to explain this properly, but I think the process of trying to get help is now worse for my anxiety than the actual health issue.
Calling at 8am.
Forms that open and close in minutes.
Being told “try again tomorrow”.
Waiting days for a call that lasts five minutes and leaves me more confused than before.
I’ve noticed I’m starting to put things off that I probably shouldn’t, purely because I don’t have the energy to fight the system anymore. Even when it’s not an emergency, sometimes you just need reassurance, clarity, or to talk things through before your mind runs away with it.
Is anyone else feeling like this?
How are people coping when they do need advice but can’t face the whole GP appointment circus again?
Genuinely asking — not looking for arguments, just real experiences.

Hello @MustTryHarderAndHarder
Yes. And I do, where I can.

HRT has to be renewed annually. I completed the online form from my GP three times - once in Sept, once in October and again in November. The same form. Three times. They didn’t know how to process it alongside ADHD and GLP1 meds so they just didn’t process it.

Three months of explaining myself repeatedly and three months of being given a “one time supply”. I am now back in the system and know it will be another rigmarole next time I have to do it.

Next up, it’s integrating repeat meds for ADHD into the NHS under shared care, for myself. That should be straightforward but apparently never is.

I am a smart articulate human being.
But when it comes to navigating this healthcare stuff, the wheels come off the wagon.