Anxiety Is A Medical Problem And Your Symptoms Are Real

No, and it would be dishonest to let you book it thinking it was. This is a consultation with a doctor: twenty unhurried minutes to describe what is happening, have it taken seriously, and work out what would actually help. Talking therapy is a first-line treatment for anxiety. Part of the doctor’s job here is to say so plainly, and to point you towards it, when that is the right next step for you.

Not automatically, and often not at all. A prescription is one option among several, it is not the first thing a doctor reaches for with anxiety, and it is not right for everyone. What happens on the call is that the doctor takes a proper history and then talks the options through with you, including the ones that involve no prescription at all, with the trade-offs said out loud. Where they judge a prescription clinically appropriate, they explain why before anything is issued, and you decide with them rather than being handed a plan.

If the doctor prescribes, your private digital prescription is emailed to you as soon as the doctor issues it, usually straight after the call. It also sits in your patient portal. Collect at any pharmacy in Malta or Gozo. You pay the pharmacy directly, at its own price. We never sell or ship medicine.

Yes. A racing heart, a tight chest, a churning stomach, dizziness, pins and needles and flat exhaustion are common ways anxiety shows up, and they are real physical events in your body rather than something you are imagining. It also matters that some of them can have other causes, which is exactly why a doctor is the right person to describe them to. Your doctor will go through them properly and tell you whether anything physical should be ruled out first, and which test would do it.

Then the doctor tells you, and that conversation is part of what you booked rather than a failure of it. Some things need a psychiatrist, a therapist or a mental health team instead of an online consultation, and being told which one is a useful outcome. What you will not get here is a plan that quietly works around the fact that you need more.

Yes, and not to judge you. Alcohol and anxiety feed each other: a drink can settle an evening and make the following morning considerably worse, and a doctor who does not know how much you are drinking is working from half the picture. It is a question they ask everybody. Answering it honestly changes the advice you get, which is the only reason it is asked.

It does, and the two are hard to separate. Anxiety wrecks sleep and poor sleep makes anxiety worse, so a doctor will usually ask about both in the same conversation rather than treating them as two separate appointments. If sleep turns out to be the larger problem, your doctor will say so and deal with it in that order.

No. Nothing is sent to anyone unless you ask us to send it. Your consultation is a private medical record held by Carisma Medical inside the EU. If you would like a summary sent to your own doctor, we will do that, and only then. There is no reception, no counter and nobody in a waiting room.

No. Having lived with it for years does not make it less worth addressing, and how long it has been going on is part of what the doctor will ask about rather than a reason to leave it unsaid. You do not need a crisis, a diagnosis or a good enough reason to be worth twenty minutes of a doctor’s time.

The online pre-assessment is free. You pay €59 when you book, and that is what covers your 20-minute intake consultation with the doctor. The €29 a month starts only after you have been seen. Month to month. Stay as long as it is helping, and cancel the moment it is not. The doctor gives you their time and their answer either way, so if the outcome is that therapy or a specialist is the right next step, that is the answer you have paid for. You leave with a clear next step, rather than with a refund. If the doctor prescribes, the medicine is a separate purchase. Collect at any pharmacy in Malta or Gozo. You pay the pharmacy directly, at its own price. We never sell or ship medicine.

There is, and you can stop it whenever you like. Here is what it covers. When your prescription runs out, ask for a renewal. Your doctor reviews it and, if it is still right for you, the new prescription is emailed to you. WhatsApp support when something changes. That is €29 a month, and it starts only after you have been seen. Month to month. Stay as long as it is helping, and cancel the moment it is not. A consultation is always €59. If you want another one in a later month, that month is €59 instead of €29. If the doctor prescribes, the medicine is a separate purchase. Collect at any pharmacy in Malta or Gozo. You pay the pharmacy directly, at its own price. We never sell or ship medicine.

Then this is not the right service and waiting for an appointment is not safe. If you are thinking of harming yourself, or you do not feel able to keep yourself safe today, go to your nearest hospital emergency department now, or call 112. Carisma Medical is not for emergencies. If you are unwell now, call 112. We also cannot see anyone under 18, and we can only treat patients in Malta and Gozo.