Posted by ed_uk on December 20, 2005, at 13:47:53
In reply to Anxiety vs NHS, posted by gillettecavalcade on December 19, 2005, at 15:39:41
Hi
In my experience, anxiety (even severe anxiety) is not taken very seriously by UK doctors. Depression (even mild depression) receives a lot more attention. Psychiatrists are generally most interested in treating schizophrenia and manic-depression. Anxiety tends to be trivialised by many.
As you well know, severe anxiety is NOT a trivial matter. You need to get the treatment that you deserve.
>Also i think that there is a conspiracy in my town and everyone actually knows what i am going through and plays on it.
Tell us more about this......
>When i was on prozac 20mg i had awful mood swings and i just wanted to kill myself.
How long did you take it for? What is the longest period of time you have ever (continuously) taken an SSRI?
>When i woke up in hospital i felt i was reborn again....
What do you mean when you say that?
>Went to see a pdoc who gave me a prescription for benzodiazapines(klonopin i think) .....and here is the weird thing, Due to nhs procedures i had to get permission from my actual gp and he refused to sign the prescription and gave me celexa(citalopram).
So did you ever try a benzodiazepine?
Pdocs usually write the initial prescription for a psych med, then GPs continue the medication if the pdoc asks them to. Pdocs CAN write as many prescriptions as they want to, the reason that they often don't is because they want to stay within their drugs budget. If the GP prescribes the medication, it will go on the GPs drugs budget, not the pdocs. Pdocs don't *have* to stay within their drugs budget, but they do try to shift the cost on to GPs as much as possible.
Many UK docs are very reluctant to prescribe benzos.
Regards
Ed
PS. Did your pdoc provide a diagnosis?
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