Thursday, 28 July 2011

GP visit

So after the trauma of Tuesday night,which most of you will be aware of, i decided to take my dad's advice and phone my old family GP.  She made an appointment for me as a temporary resident for today at 3pm, even though she doesn't start until 4pm and i'm not her patient anymore.

i explained to her what's been going on and what happened on Tuesday night, and she stands by her original diagnosis that i have manic depression and seriously need to be treated, especially as i start this new job on Tuesday.  She doubled my dose of anti-psychotics so have gone from 400mg per day to 800mg, the maximum dose, and some temazepam.  She is also going to get in touch with my old psychiatrist, Dr Mitchell to see me again as he also diagnosed me with manic depression and is an expert in the field.  She wants us to try Lithium to see if it will help, but waiting to see what Dr Mitchell suggests as he might have another idea, such as depo-injection.

This Dr has known me since i was born and has been with me all through my experiences so knows me inside out.  It's comforting having her as my GP again (i've joined the practice again) as i know she will do everything she can to help me get better.

i can't live like this anymore, it's too distressing, not only to me but to everyone around me.

Thank you again for all your support, you all mean the absolute world to me.  Amy, Lisa, Sarah, Lotte, Ruth, Jaycee and so many others.  You are al amazing and i'd be lost without my twitter family.
Love to you all xx

2 comments:

  1. I am so pleased you have got someone to fight on your behalf and is going to do everything they can to get you the help to get better.

    xxx

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  2. Thank you sweetpea, hope you get the same xxxx

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