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What my GP could and could not prescribe

Started 22 June 2026 · 11 replies · 63 hearts · read 775 times

MarenBremen, DE · 22 June 2026
4 weeks ago

What my GP could and could not prescribe — putting it in its own thread so it does not get lost in the check-in.

Regional question, because I have read a great deal of advice that turns out to be true in one country only.

What I would find most useful is not advice. It is somebody describing what their version of this was, and how long it went on for.

The thing that has surprised me most is how much of this is about other people rather than about me.

Sorry for the length. If anyone has been here, I would very much like to hear it.

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GusStirling, UK
#1

I am about four months behind you and I have been dreading exactly this, so thank you for writing it down before I got there.

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PetraFacilitatorMelbourne, Australia
#2

Noticing out loud that this conversation has drifted into comparison. That happens without anyone intending it and it does not help anyone. Let us come back to the person who asked.

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BodhiByron Bay, AU
#3

Can I gently push back on one thing? Not the substance, just the framing — you have written twice that you should be coping better. Who told you that?

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TamarPlymouth, UK
#4

Reading the reply above, I recognised more of that than I expected to.

My pharmacist was more use than anyone. Ten minutes at the counter, no appointment, no charge.

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BevanSwansea, UK
#5

No advice, just recognition. That sounds exhausting and I am sorry you are in it.

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BronwenBarry, UK
#6

What the reply above described happened to me too, in a slightly different order.

I keep a two-line diary and it is the only reason I could answer this question about myself. Worth starting even now.

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OttaviaBologna, IT
#7

Different experience here, for balance. Mine did not improve and in the end I stopped, and that was the right call for me. Both outcomes exist.

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TavitaApia, WS
#8

The phrase that unlocked my appointment was asking what specifically she wanted me to watch for. It moved us from reassurance to a plan in about thirty seconds.

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DotFalmouth, UK
#9

Two things that helped me, neither of them clever: small amounts more often, and drinking a lot more than felt necessary.

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PetraFacilitatorMelbourne, Australia
#10

Two things, both boring. First, none of us can tell you what to take. Second, the conversation you want to have is with your prescriber, and we can help you write it down.

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OzrenZagreb, HR
#11

Mine lasted about seven weeks and then lifted over a few days. I cannot tell you why. I can tell you it lifted.

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