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I'm sorry about the rant, I just needed to get it off my chest. hopefully my boyfriend will be more supportive tonight.
Well done
blonde_batman - when you ring up to change your appointment make sure you tell them that you do not want details of your appointment given to anyone else who might ring. Tell them nobody has your permission to change your appointment. I would even go as far as encouraging you to write a letter to that effect so that they have it in writing. I work in a GPs surgery and the general public don't seem to realise just how much privacy they are entitled too. Personally I don't think anyone should be allowed to book an appointment for someone else (over 16) because there is always the danger they are really trying to find out if/when that person already has an appointment. You mum has been sneaky and for all you know she could ring up the docs and check to see when your appointment is. Some surgeries are very lax with confidentiality but I'm forever pissing people off saying 'sorry, Data Protection Act!'
I went doctors this morning to tell her how I'd been feeling. I found it really hard because she wasn't asking me any questions, just wanting me to explain to her. She also kept asking me what I wanted her to do to help me! Anyway she said I could either have AD's, group counselling or 1-1 counselling. She felt it would be best if I didn't have AD's because of them being short term, so I decided to have 1-1 counselling. Not sure if it's going to help much because I hate talking about my problems, but we'll see. Just got to wait about a month for an appointment to come through.
Told my mum this afternoon, and she was really pleased I went, and I found out that she's actually been going for counselling. So hopefully she'll be able to understand more.
That is the sign of a good GP! Many of them wouldn't have involved you in the decision - they would have handed you out ADs like sweeties and told you to shove off (maybe not as bluntly as that though). She sounds like a good GP.
Yeah I can see now it was good of her to ask me. However I was crying quite a bit, and she wasn't saying anything, just letting me speak, and then suddenly she asks me what I want her to do about it. At the time it felt like she didn't understand and/or thought I was making it up, but then she started talking through my options.
She is a very good GP, although I can't always understand what she says because she's foreign!
I'm glad everything went well too. I feel a lot happier by just getting the ball rolling, because it's really difficult to build up your courage to start it.