Doctors and Depression

Heyo guys!
                  As promised I'm going to do a blog post about my experience at the doctors.

So, this happened on Friday and my appointment was at 10:20 am so I had to be taken out of school. We got to my local doctors and I had both parents come with me. My mum stayed in the car and my dad came in for moral support. After half an hour of waiting we got called in and me and my dad figured out a plan before hand. Which leads me on to tip number 1.

1) Create a plan and assess the situation.

My plan was to walk in, sit down and have my dad introduce me while I calm down from the panic attack I will have. So, we did that and my dad told the doctor my problems about my anxiety, depression and thoughts. After a gave my disorders a background thats when the doctor asked me key question.

2) Have a think about answers, don't blurt them out in panic.

It's extremely important to get your point across, so if you are asked an unexpected question have a think for a second and say what you need to say. My doctor asked me if I knew what actually started my anxiety off, if there was any life changing events thats could've caused it. Then, leading on from this we got to depression, he asked me when i started feeling like this.

3) The topics will change, most likely indicating the doctor has enough information for that subject.

After, we talked about school, if i was bullied and if the kids are horrible. Now, this is where I went wrong. My dad was in the room so i hesitated and said no, i only get 'the odd comment' which was a load of bs.

4) DONT LIE. whatever you do, tell the truth. They're there to help.

Please, don't do the same thing. If you need to, get the person you came with to leave the room.

Afterwards,  he told me I couldn't have my own therapist or have licensed medication since I'm under 18.

5) Don't freak out at the response. If you don't like it what so ever, tell them.

However, he was allowed to redirect me to a place called CAMHS, which is for mentally ill young adults, but the forms that need to be taken in take a couple weeks. So, he told me to go to a place called TalkShop which is a drop off talking one on one on monday afternoons. He told me I'd be re-directed from there and if nothing changes or they recommend it, I'll go back to the doctors and we'll sign a form to send me off to CAMHS. It's like a mental hospital but like school edition. Chummy went.

6) Stay strong, I believe in you. There's always a chance.

If your appointment isn't successful, try a different doctor. There's always hope. Hopefully, this was of use to some of you, if you have any other questions I'll be happy to answer them.

Stay Strong.

Little Old Me, logging off my Little Old World. Xxx