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Requests for advice and / or encouragement. On basically any topic and for any scale of problem.
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I was gonna tag you in the thread. It's nuts, I have a severe case of strep or throat infection of whatever any time I get a cold, so I never eat anything cold, avoid liquor, even then, I catch one any time I'm in a new city, how is the drug procurement in the UK compared to India for over the counter drugs.
A second gen brown dude there told me once that wait times were close to a year for psychiatrists in the UK. Kinda hard to believe but won't be surprised at all.
Everything is far more locked down, which can be good (less indiscriminate distribution of antibiotics), or rather annoying at best.
I was used to just asking for prescription meds at home by using my credentials as a doctor, or just writing myself a prescription. This, while not outright illegal in the UK, is highly frowned upon by the GMC. Which is bullshit paternalism, I find claims that doctors can't be trusted to judge their own health questionable.
The wait times can be terrible. If it's an urgent crisis, you'll get seen quickly, say someone contacting their GP with suicidal ideation. For something like getting assessed for ADHD, it can take >2 years for an appointment, unless you go private.
ADHD is not autism, it is still in some edge cases enough to fuck your life up, it fucked mine up and seeing a psychiatrist helped me set it right. 2 years is insane, I get mine the day of and pay 2 pounds.
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