10 Jun
So my GP appointment is next Thursday and I've been properly dreading it. Not the appointment itself, just the bit where she asks "when does it happen" and I go completely blank and say "um, at night, sometimes, or in the day, I don't know" and she writes something vague and sends me off. So this week I've actually been writing it down. Time, what I was doing, whether I'd had coffee, how long it lasted, whether it stopped on its own. It feels slightly obsessive but honestly it's been useful just to see it on paper rather than it all swirling around in my head feeling enormous and terrifying. The caffeine thing is interesting. I've cut right back, just one cup in the morning now instead of three throughout the day, and I can't say for certain it's made a difference but there have been a couple of nights this week where I actually slept through, which hasn't happened in ages. What I really want to ask her about is what tests are actually worth doing. I know they might do an ECG, but is there anything else I should be pushing for? I don't want to go in demanding things but I also don't want to walk out with nothing answered. Has anyone had experience of what gets picked up and what doesn't? I want to go in prepared, not panicked x