Regular attendees at GP practise

The people i regularly encounter at the GP practise are:

1. Patients with chronic diseases because they need regular check-ups and scripts for their multiple medications.

2. Drug addicts

My GP runs a methadone program so these people come in regularly for scripts and we even get new ones wanting to be on the program because they don't want to spend huge amounts on heroin. He's pretty good about it; patients sign a contract and have to come in daily initially to see how they're getting on with the dose and if they need an increase or decrease in dosage. And then monthly to get their scripts. He explained that its all about harm minimalisation - to stop them injecting drugs down their veins and prevent hep C spreading around.

3. Patients with dependent personality disorder/borderline personality/depression aka Dementors

These patients literally suck the life out of you just like dementors in Harry Potter books. They go on and on with their stories and won't get to the point until the very end. This one lady was going on and on about how's she's in financial trouble and how the company she's working with is giving her the shits. And it literally took 20 mins of her yapping to get to what scripts she wanted. I feel sorry for these people but i feel like its none of my business and there's nothing i nor my GP could do about it. Better see someone else about it.

A couple of interesting cases:
1. Met a tranny and his partner. Tranny because he's a man but with boobs and soft voice.
2. Haemophilia girl - haemophilia is a pretty rare disease to have. I don't remember shit about it. Learnt it last year.
3. Labrynthitis. Patients presents with 4/7 dizziness, fever, slight headache,vertigo. Nil gastro symptoms, chest pain, palpitations and numbness/weakness. Hallpike test was positive, more on left side than right side. Cause is usually viral and is fairly common.

The bottom line is GPs are ultimately counselors. They have to listen to whatever shits or grief is going on in other peoples' life and talk them out of seeing the bad side and refer them to a psychologist and compliment people regularly to get people up and running. I've been called a princess a couple of times by my GP and i think he's just so used to complimenting people that its become a habit. And he feels the need to compliment just to make people feel better. Its not just me though, about every other girl member of the staff has been called a princess today.