missed doctors appointment

[guiltyinnocence]

i missed my doctors appointment today
problem is by tomorrow i run out of citalopram, i mean im hoping hel change to something else soon cus theyr not helping, but i dont really want to take myself off them or go through the withdrawel side effects
just wondering about any advice on what to do?
thanks xx

[l'il esky]

firstly i would phone the number cos they will have an out of hours number to call and then phone the emergency Dr to get some advice

the other thing you could do is phone nhs direct and they may have some ideas...

or you could try going to an out of hours clinic, thye might give you an emergency dose of your tablets

the other thing to do tomorrow is phone up as soon as they open and try and get an emergency appt with the gp to sort out your meds and get the soonest poss to limit any side effects xx

[guiltyinnocence]

i think ill ring tomorrow n try to get an appointment for friday
thanks xx

[Katiee]

Heyya,
I'm on that anti-depressants. I'm always running out. Though everytime I run out I don't go back to the doctors I get 'repeat prescriptions' so when I'm running low I post the repeat prescription and then I pop down the chemist and pick my anti-depressants up. :] No doctors appointment needed. Is there anyway you could have repeat prescriptions? Take care. x

[guiltyinnocence]

its a good idea and its something ill hopefully do in the future. but at the moment seeing my gp is the only support im getting, so i want to see him so im atleast getting some support and also so he can keep an eye on if the meds are working or not and make sure im not oding etc
thanks for your advice though =)
xx

[ThinkingofRecovery]

As Katiee said, "repeats" can be handy. Local chemists will often order and pick up the repeat prescription for you. I don't officially get mine on rpt but my surgery has this cool email/internet repeat ordering service.

[sherlock holmes]

I always get repeat prescriptions. So much easier!