Depressed over the over use of doctors and procedures..approaching 80

@margaretob
I'm not trying to be mean, but I think at our "more advanced" age, it is probably not going to get any better overall. I wonder to myself why am I making/keeping this doctor appointment. I have five maintenance drugs and I'm required to go to the doctor twice a year to get these prescriptions. But the dentist? New partials at 86 years old. I don't think so. The eye doctor - of course I always want to go there. The hearing aid? Expensive. Why go when I might not last much longer. Do I want to tell my GP who approves my maintenance drugs about any new aches and pains? I don't know the answer but I remember what my Uncle at age 94 said about his last doctor appoint: "If I take this pill, that might happen and if I take that pill this might happen. So I decided to quit going." He lived well into his 97th year.

I was diagnosed with severe depression with psychosis as well as severe PTSD. Over the years I have worked hard to overcome what I had went through that put me in those 2 stages of my life. I am a 60 yr old female. In June I was assaulted at my job by an employee, as I was the GM of a fast food restaurant, them terminated on June 23, after investigation of the unemployment had no justifiable reason to terminate me. Ever since I was assaulted and went through this transition of termination from my job I loved, I have not been the same. I was put on a choke hold and body slammed about 5ft, hitting my head as well as bruising my hip pretty bad. 2 days later my husband took me to the hospital to be told the only thing wrong with me was I was in shock still. No exrays or anything. As of today, my depression is really bad and PTSD is just as bad. I can't even hold a job due to the depression and PTSD .Any comments on what to do.