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Gun shot wound? Go to ER.Crushing chest pain? Go to ER.Drugs? Go anywhere else.Dental care? Not us.Travel vaccines. Travel clinic.Active TB. TB clinic.Specialist referral visit? Got PPO plan or Medicare? Call directly, no referral required.Got a job related injury? Do they have their own clinic for occupational health??Etc.Etc.

Yes if they are controlling your depression there is no reason for it to affect you being an effective officer, many officers who do join suffer from depression and done need medication to help. It would be a shame to lose an experienced officer for something that can be managed. The ones who struggle are the ones who won't face up to their problem. As anyone who has been clinically depressed will tell you, it is not simply a matter of pulling yourself together. These are the ones who need help either through medication or through counselling following an occupational health referral. Remember, we see some pretty depressing things in our careers, we tend to use (quite dark) humour to stave this off but some things will affect you more than others. If you are already suffering serious depression it might not be the ideal career choice but if you are managing this then the job satisfaction might be the thing that helps you crack the issue!

“So Doctor, I’ve had a lump down there for over two years. The last week it’s been bleeding bad enough that I thought I should see someone. It all feels like it’s going wrong… I’m tired all the time, losing weight, have no appetite, my bowels are all over the place…”“I’ve had this awful pain in my chest for an hour, like someone’s trying to crush me. I can feel it going to my jaw. My angina spray isn’t doing anything, and I’m finding it hard to breathe.”Each problem has to be taken on its own merits. As part of the detailed history we take when consulting, a number of red flag symptoms may become apparent prompting us to be worried. That could be the symptoms of a possible late stage cancer, or of a major heart attack. That can be in someone with symptoms a few minutes old, or years old - each symptom has to be taken on its merit.I’ll hammer this home with another set of examples if you will - since you mentioned pain, I’ll use back pain as an example:“I’ve had back pain for the last four months. It’s in my lower back, and worse towards the end of the day. Aches when I bend over. I do a lot of office work, and I came because I was seriously considering taking a day off sick it’s become so annoying.”“I’ve had back pain for the last four months. It’s in my lower and mid back. I only came now as it’s got so bad at night that I can’t sleep.”One of them would warrant a routine referral to physiotherapy and occupational health after a full history and focussed exam. The other would warrant an urgent (2 week maximum) referral to a consultant oncologist.So to conclude - the time someone has sat on symptoms doesn’t necessarily worry me, though it’s always important to enquire about a delay in presentation - “Why now?” and “Why not before?”, at risk of coming across aggressive, are incredibly important questions, and may volunteer further crucial information.What’s important are the symptoms themselves, and how they present.