"My experiences of health anxiety and GP support"

My Nan passed away in October 2022 from aggressive brain tumours. In early 2023 I started experiencing high level anxiety, at the time it was not relating to anything specific, however, it then developed into health related anxiety - more specifically fears around cancer and tumours.

I was incredibly scared, thought I was going to die and didn't know where to turn. I had been to the GP a couple of times prior and had been given support on how to manage it. However, I attended an out of hours GP Streaming service who provided me with more support.

The next day I contacted the GP again as I was really struggling, the anxiety was debilitating. The GP called me and asked me a lot of questions and then asked if I could go in a see her later that day.

That appointment with the GP was life changing - she was incredible, listened to me, understood me and what I was going through and provided me with huge support to get better.

The GP prescribed me some medication to calm me down and relax me and then worked with me on a weekly basis to support my anxiety and adjust my medication when needed.

The GP remained in contact with me for over a month and provided me with continuous care (something which is so rare nowadays). I am now a few months out of the worst bout of anxiety I have ever experienced and I put so much of it down to how amazing my GP was.

I am so incredibly grateful for what she did for me.