A couple of months ago, I went to a GP in my term-time town complaining about my mental health, as I had been suffering mood swings that were stopping me from going to uni. He told me to come back in a couple of weeks if I felt the same, but I was too scared to go back, which I regret. Recently I've found out that I am pregnant and I am considering an abortion. I went to the doctor in my home town explaining my choice and I said I would rather have the procedure as close to home as possible, but he made it clear he thought that I should go back to my term-time residence and have it with my GP there, as I was currently signed up for their practice. I made it clear that I would be more comfortable having it at home, and that I was moving back in less than a month, and he just repeated that I should have it in the other town. Then I asked for a referral to a psychiatrist, saying I was finding it difficult to cope with. He insisted that it would be 'easier to take one thing at a time' and maybe in the summer we could look into that. I said again that I needed help with my mental health, and he just repeated that I wait until after the abortion. He didn't ask any questions to actually equate how bad I was. For the record, I was in tears by the second half of the appointment. The truth is, I am far more concerned about my mental health at the moment, than the abortion.

I have made an appointment with the GP from my term-time residence and I hope he will take me more seriously, however I feel like I have been treated disgustingly.

Surely if I want to have the abortion in my home town, that is my business. I feel like the doctor had no right to tell me otherwise. I wanted to do it through the GP at home, who is my family doctor, now however, to get it done in my hometown, I'm having to go to the clinic without his knowledge.

Most importantly, I'm shocked that he refused to even consider giving me mental health care before the abortion. This is when I really need the help. I want to be completely calm when I make the decision. Right now I can barely leave the house and am constantly in tears. I'm absolutely terrified. I've missed weeks of uni, I cannot cope and I seriously need help.

Hopefully my term-time GP will handle this better, but if I don't get referred to someone, I am worried I will not be able to cope. How is this treatment allowed to go on? Is there a faster way to get help. I'm considering not leaving the GP's office until they do something for me this time.