I had a conversation with my gp today about my low mood and weepyness i had spoke to a gp pharmicist in my surgery and because i was crying he wanted my gp to talk to me about medication for it so we had that talk today and because i suffer from epilepsy which is well controlled with meds there is a risk of me having a seizure i told him i dont want to risk it as i drive and i do not want to risk my licence which ot will if i have a seizure and bieng on my own makes it scary i have never been on my own when i have jad on always had my parents then paul he only ever saw me have one and that was because a doctor wanted to change my meds and i asked my gp to give me my old ones back as i did not want to have anymore seizures they are not nice my last one was when i was 23yrs old and i am now 68 why would i want to risk everything and that is what i woild be doing i said no to even trying as it is a big risk tjat i do not.want to take my gp is very good.and understands me and says i can email him if i want to he knows what i did for paul and all the care i.gave him he new this would happen to me when paul passed as he k ew how close we where at least he understands what i am going through but its not that easy for me and he knows that life has not been this hard at all for me just wish i could.fell.better about all of it
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Hi @Sassychic,
I can see you posted this a little while ago so I’m just giving it a gentle bump for you.
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Hi Sassychic,
Hope the days ahead improve for you. It is so hard dealing with loss. I find some days thing are still so raw…occasionally there are times when my mind can be distracted at work or out shopping and I have moments when I’m more at peace. Here’s hoping for better days moving forward…