Advice on non military doctor

[OldGuard]

Not sure if this is the right place .... sorry if not ....

Can anyone advise me how as an active service person to go about getting a prescription without going through military / without military knowledge ?

Um.... Instinctive answer is "you can't". But I only have general life experience to base that on.

Could you see a doctor in another country? Pop across the border

Are you in the UK?

You could go privately but it would breach queens regs and you're at risk of failing CDT.

What do you want prescribing and why secretly?

Online pharmacy. Some do online consultation. Also, if it's an STD go to GUM clinic.

Just for wider situational awareness, if you have medication in Your system that you can't buy over the counter, you will test positive at compulsory Drug Testing.

That puts you at high risk of a very rapid discharge from the forces and a reference that says why you were discharged i.e. For a positive drugs test. So while advice is probably good, the stakes are high if you do this.

Genvonklinkerhoffen makes a really good point.

I'm struggling to work out why you wouldn't want services to know. If it's STD related, then GUM is your best bet and that won't get transferred onto your medical records.

Your other option, if you really need a prescription of some kind and your military doctor really can't know, then you could go to any doctors and get registered as a temporary patient and there's a (small) chance your medical records won't get updated. Same for hospital / A&E.

All medical records are held strictly in confidence though and your chain of command will not be informed about any medical issues you have unless there is a safety issue (suicidal and working with ammunition or hay-fever when a pilot). There's also little they can write about in your reports reference medical issues.

Anti depressants
Better with them
But don't want them in records

Thanks all for responses by thecway

Why don't you want them on your medical records?
You've signed up to a specific set of employment rules and you're really putting yourself at risk if you don't follow them.
Loads of people in the military are on antidepressants, no one cares.

If you know you're better with them, then you are probably not 'old guard' but new enough to have had them before joining up.

Did you declare this on the medical forms on joining?

Untreated/undeclared illnesses of any kinds can be a major problem (can even lead to dismissal). What if necessary meds ran out when deployed?

There really won't be a problem in seeking treatment for depresssion through proper channels.

Do not let anxiety cloud your judgement on this.