Stimulants Speaking to GP (UK) about amphetamine use, good or bad idea?

[Sarrakas]

I hope this is the correct section for this thread.

I'm confident I've an undiagnosed mental disorder and need to speak with a GP (in the UK) however I still haven’t the courage to go. My story isn't unfamiliar, I've had chronic depression/anxiety
for as long as I can remember. I started taking amphetamine sulphate 2 years ago and was able to hold a job, make friends, empathy for others - life was good. After 14mo self-medicating I was prompted to stop after my folks found out. The first 3 months clean were fairly awful and the last 7 months I've reverted to my old self; a useless member of society, full of sadness, anxiety and frustration.

With the above mentioned, would it be a good idea to mention the amphetamine use or not? I'll have 1 or 2 notes on my record from having been hospitalized on drugs aswell.

Advice is really appreciated, thankyou.

 

[Enlight Spurrett]

It's entirely up to you of course. There aren't any serious repercussions from talking to your doctor about drug use/problems. If I was you, I'd talk to my GP. At least they might be able to offer some support. Either medication or therapy/counselling. Hope this helps.

 

[zebedee79]

I'm in the UK and I also get severe anxiety and depression. The first time I admitted drug use (I was a coke head) I hadn't used in a while and they were peetty decent, put me on anti depressents and offered me what little mental health services they can. I recently went and admitted full blown heroin addiction. Big mistake. Now they don't listen to anything I say, won't refer me to the mental health service and generally look at me like shit. I understand that alot of my problems have been made a thousand times worse with H, but I want some help getting sorted and they aren't having any of it. I guess it depends on your GP.