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Someone close to me is on sertraline and its the sister drug to what I'm on Citalopram, we both drink alcohol but I think having a skin full might temporarily weaken its effects oh and drinking whilst going through the side effects stages make the side effects worse. They both give you side effects like mood swings in the first few weeks but after that they are excellent.Thanks. He's sticking with it for now to see what happens and has another GP appointment in a couple of weeks to review it.
Bit down here. I've mentioned about a female issue before that's been dragging on for over two years now. I finally got my GP to refer me to gynae at the hospital. That was a ballache as in Co Durham, GP's are no longer allowed to direct refer. She had to write a case study about me and present it to a panel (who have never met me before) and they decide if I am allowed to see a consultant. I passed that and had an appointment with a consultant today. Unfortunately there was a massive traffic jam and even though I'd left plenty of time for the journey and would have been there early in normal circumstances, the traffic jam meant I arrived 10 minutes late. Despite apologising profusely, he refused to see me because I wasn't on time and has discharged me back to my GP without even seeing me. I've rang the doctors to ask if I can be re-referred back but the receptionist didn't know what would happen now. She's going to speak to the doctor and get back to me. It's not really helped with the stress and worry, all for the sake of 10 minutes.
I also need another test on my bowel and I've been waiting since October for an appointment for that. I got home from work today and found an appointment in the post for tomorrow. I have to follow a strict no fibre diet for the 48 hours prior to the test, then fast on the day of the test. I haven't followed the diet as I didn't know about the appointment so I've had to ring and cancel that and have to wait for another one will be sent out in the post.
Still manically busy at work and still turning down work on weekends and week commencing the 19th. I've managed to stay strong and not crack despite the guilt trips!
Sorry to hear about your bad day dealing with traffic jams etc but it couldn't be helped and I think it was harsh not to see you for being 10 mins late however he could have had another patient in. Just put it down to bad luck but, luck always changes.