Doctor's Appointment Anxiety-Will I ever get the right stuff

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Anyone else know what it's like to go to the doctor for a checkup, hoping to get put on a pill that actually works for them, yet be unsure if you will get on one? For me, I have been going on so many years of going to the doctor and testing out different pills to help me, and nothing has worked yet... They hand out all these kinds of pills that don't work and/or have terrible side effects like candy, but the ones that work well with low side effects nodda. I remember in the past a couple pills that did help me, when I was really young, but I doubt I could get on them now though, because these pills are now known to be highly abusable. It's hard not to feel hopeless because of all of this. I wrote a letter and everything , about my difficulties, and how I believe the pills I was on way back in the day helped me and how I think they would help me now... I did this because appointments are often rushed and everything that needs to be said does not get said or heard. I am hoping the doctor has an open mind and tries me back on those pills, but I still have my doubts. I would just like to function better, so I can move on with my life. I've done so many natural things, exercise, meditation, healthy diet, supplements, typical therapy, learning about CBT and practicing it, but at the moment I really feel like I need certain kinds of pills to help me out right now. If I'm prescribed another nonsense pill, I don't know what I'm going to do.

Have you ever tried cannabis?

I know what you mean. I've been going to the doctors for years now trying to get help with anxiety and depression. Tried lots of different SSRIs but none of them help. At best they numb things for a couple of months but seem to have awful side effects such as vomiting every day or randomly bursting in to tears in public or at work (which never happened when I wasn't medicated). Also found they made me even more apathetic and ended up acting out of character and putting myself at risk. I'm on a waiting list to see a psychiatrist which I'm hoping might help, only been waiting for 6 months far this time . I don't think doctors should be so willing to just hand out antidepressants like they do, especially if they have only basic knowledge of mental health. Everything seems to get diagnosed as 'unipolar depression' and then it's a case of' this pill will help'.

I also get really anxious about going to the doctors. Even making the appointment to see a doctor normally takes at least a day of willing myself to do it before I pick up the phone. I have to take someone with me too. I'm always convinced the doctor thinks I'm making up or exaggerating how bad I'm feeling. It's just an awful and so far fruitless process.

It might be worth asking your doctor about the pills you were taking before if you think going back on them would help. . I've used cannabis a bit in the past. Sometimes it does make things all right for a while, helps me relax and feel a bit more confident and I can get on with things a bit better. The main drawbacks I've found is it's easy to build up a resistance to its influence quickly, so I ended up needing to have more to get the same effect and then it just drained what little energy I had. So I'm off the stuff these days.

Not a good idea to buy medication online as there is a possibility that it could be a fake.
Also the best step is to consult medical advice via NHS or whatever your country is listed under for health services and go through that process.

I was given another f*****g SSRI. I have to contact a specialist, in order to get some real help. If anyone is going to a general practice doctor for some different meds, you might want to talk to someone else.