Opening lines for my GP, Please Help?

[CharleysAngel']

I'm seeing my GP again tuesday, apparently there is something wrong with a bloodtest which turned out to be the wrong sample and now no one really knows what's going on so that's what I have had to make an appointment for.

Then there is the problem with my leg, its not really getting any better and have started hurting on the outer part too. My ankle has become very sore and a little swollen even though I have been trying to take it easy.

The most important part is my depression and anxiety problems, I have not been diagnosed with either but my doctor wrote in a letter that I had anxiety. I need to tell her how bad this has got again, I just don't know how to start. I can't cry infront of people much either, I really need to.  If I could express the pain that I feel to my doctor in tears I would be sat there hours. Please help I have no idea what to say or where to start with anything. Xx

[Zaf]

We're all different and so are GPs but this is how I would tackle my GP

I really cant cope with feeling so ill and in pain any more, I'm having dark thoughts and I'm worried I might carry them out if I dont get something sorted soon - somewhere during that I would probably burst into tears

[Sweetpea]

That sounds a good way to tell it. You really need to emphasise how bad you are feeling and how long its been going on. S x x x x

[CharleysAngel']

Thanks Shaz ans Zaf xx

 That does sound a good way to put it, but I can never make it sound good enough. I don't cry either, I really really need to. I cry at home every night but I can't in front of a doctor.

[Zaf]

Just feel how desperate you are and try to convey that to the doctor xx

[Buttercup]

All I can remember is the way I first told my GP

After she asked, how can I help, I just said "I can't cope anymore. " I then burst into tears, but her questioning brought out the rest.

Xxx

[CharleysAngel']

See I didn't know that depression/ stress was the problem. I went to the doctor because I had been feeling really faint and tired, she was talking about how I have a busy lifestyle (she knows all about dancing, cross country etc) and then I said there were a lot of problems at home and school and that's where it ended up.