Hi again everyone, just a bit of an update.
My Mum said to cancel the appointment on Tuesday with the new GP, and see mine tomorrow, so I'll do that. Because she said they may think "why was she here yesterday?", good point, I didn't think of that. I'm not trying to Doctor Shop or any of that, I'm not that type of person. Hopefully it doesn't seem that way to anyone, Medicare included.
My Mum also said when I go to reception to pay, say that my current GP isn't helping me, his appointments are too far away and I'm struggling with my mental health & he's the only other GP there that deals with it, would he make an exception for me please since he says he's closed his books & is only seeing his current patients? It would only be 1 more patient for him anyway. I'm sure if I explain that & say he's not really helping me, then I should be ok. I don't want to backstab the Doctors or sound selfish or make it seem like I'm Doctor Shopping though because I'm not doing either.
Hopefully tomorrow goes ok, with my current GP. He'll probably just ask the usual - how I'm going. That's basically all we talk about. I constantly tell him how much pain I'm in from my bunion & that my mental health is suffering, and that I'm not sure if my current meds are working.
In regards to the meds, he just says "speak to your Psychiatrist about it." I understand that to a certain extent because that's part of his job but a GP should also be able to help me with that & communicate with my Psychiatrist & work out an outcome for me that I'm happy with, right? That's why I stopped seeing previous GPs, because they wouldn't prescribe me my meds at all, my Psychiatrist had to send it in the mail from another state or fax it & he would get annoyed with them.
My current GP tried not to prescribe them to me & I told my Psychiatrist & then my Psychiatrist told him he has to. That's about all he's done for me, & sent me for an X-Ray & Blood Test for my Bunion, but I had to ask him about 5 times to do that.
With the Podiatrist I want to go near the Doctors to see if they can help, I would probably need a referral, because it would be free or $6 each visit, not $60. He won't even do that for me. I believe you can get a referral made for anything such as for mental health, tests, whatever, & only use it once. I've done that with MHCPs and it's been ok, but that was because the Psychologist(s) were bad.
Idk, I hope my current GP doesn't get mad & the new one will see me & help me. I'm anxious.
