Good morning I saw a locum GP today and she thought my reactions weren’t Grief as that was usually within 6 months ! I was flabbergasted !
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Hi Rosy, that’s great news!! That means my grief will have gone completely in five weeks, why didn’t anyone tell me that.
Really I don’t know where they study medicine, that’s if they weren’t just partying.
Wishing you all the best
Tom
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Incredible isn’t it. I went to see my GP 2 months after my bereavement and he said ‘oh I don’t know how long this grief will last, so don’t know how long you’ll need these tablets for’. I said ‘it’s not a flu I have, there is no cure for grief’. He looked genuinely confused.
It’s actually beyond belief how these people think, there’s no hope for the general population out there if these so called ‘experts’ are thinking this way!
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i feel fed up . The doctor wouldn’t up my antidepressants . Evidently Citalopram can not be given to over 65 years over 20mgs. She said we will go down the non medical route and gave me some telephone numbers. I said I am really Struggling . She said you can phone the Samaritans or A and E. if you are desperate . I said can I be reviewed she said 3 months . Thanks for nothing .
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Hi Rosy, often with doctors you have push to get treated. I’m not saying you should or shouldn’t be taking more medication but if you carry on feeling bad it might be an idea to go to A&E at least you won’t have to wait 3 months. There are normally less people in the morning on holidays etc. Have you tried doing exercise I find it a great help to reduce anxiety, I know it’s not for everyone.
Wishing you all the best
Tom
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Thanks Tom I have joined walking groups but I haven’t been for 2 weeks. I do find it helps a lot to do exercise and get in the fresh air while meeting other people .
Rosy
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When I changed my doctor, he started asking me private questions about my life to get to know me better, so we ended up how I worry and cry, because my most beloved husband was in ER. Then he offered me for the first time in my life anxiety pills, afterwards I felt even worse. I tried them a few times and threw them into the trash can. I’ve always tried to cope with my wounds without taking them. The only tablets that I take from time to time is a pain medicine for my back or headache. Doctors always give you pills for everything, but they can’t help much, because there are no pills to take care of broken and tortured heart, soul and mind. The only fact that could change the situation would be, if my most beloved husband will come back and nothing else matters. I miss him so much… I can’t live without my heart… I can’t live without my soul… I just keep on my mind that I have to stay mentally sane…
Janka