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Access to medication when doctors will not prescribe without seeing our son who has extreme social phobia

Otangepeel39

Our son refuses to see anyone, including doctors. Does anyone have any experience in getting meds prescribed without the doctor actually seeing the patient? All  our son can tolerate is communication by email.  Face to face or online is impossible for him.

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  • You have a real difficulty there, and I am trying to imagine what my surgery would do in such a situation.  I cannot imagine they'd prescribe without seeing the patient, and they weren't very keen on doing it even in COVID times via video call. 

    I think you (might) be able to get them to stretch to a home visit under certain circumstances, but even those are now few and far between.  Is there anything in his record - historically - which would give the GP some flexibility here, because otherwise I don't see a way around it. 

    You cannot have a proper consultation via email, so their concerns would be valid, and there are ethical issues too. 

  • in reply to overwhelmed & underwhelmed ( O & U )

    This is what we are up against. I can understand that a psychiatrist would not want to prescribed without talking to the patient but his records show for the past 8 years the issues in getting him to communicate.

    He is really causing issues at home that can't go on. It's has affected the whole family. 

    I can't see how the people we are dealing are not concerned. He is being a danger to himself in not having treatment that he needs.

  • in reply to Otangepeel39

    What would he do if the Doctor appeared at his home.   Hypothetically, it may come to that down the line - depending on how you presented matters to the surgery. 

  • in reply to Otangepeel39

    Just about to say what Herge appears to suggest.  It sounds like he needs some higher-level care than possibly the GP can provide going forward anyway, or may do again in the future.

    I realise you may be trying your utmost to keep him calm, but ultimately there has to be a longer-term solution to this, for him and for you.  Perhaps getting him a psychiatric evaluation is the way to go, even if it is against his will, and with Police in attendance.

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  • in reply to Otangepeel39

    Just about to say what Herge appears to suggest.  It sounds like he needs some higher-level care than possibly the GP can provide going forward anyway, or may do again in the future.

    I realise you may be trying your utmost to keep him calm, but ultimately there has to be a longer-term solution to this, for him and for you.  Perhaps getting him a psychiatric evaluation is the way to go, even if it is against his will, and with Police in attendance.

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