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Feeling Ignored by Doctors: Does Anyone Else Experience This?

sho

692d

do you ever feel like when you tell your doctor there something wrong they don't take you seriously?

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Generalized pain

Diabetes Type 2 (T2D)

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    • Taty

      689d

      Every time

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    • Taty

      689d

      Every time

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    • SuzyP

      689d

      I got "you're too young to feel like that." And that was that. I've even had a Dr put me on anti-depressants because i cried about pain in my arm. 2 years later and many many shots, i had my neck fused . I had bone spurs, pinched nerves, ruptured disk.

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    • madd94

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      Yes, I always feel like I’m being bounced around between drs, dismissed, and/or passed off to different specialists. Can really start to feel like you’re crazy and no one wants to deal with you.

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    • 100Percent_K

      689d

      With some providers, yes

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    • React

      690d

      Definitely my doctor just wants to not listen and push pills on me I'm type 2 diabetic. I asked for a test meter. She told me no there's no reason to get 1

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      • BernK

        689d

        @React try getting one at Kroger. They sell some without a prescription

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    • SassyMouth

      692d

      I have in the past. I'm fortunate enough to have finally found a great one.

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      • sho

        691d

        @SassyMouth what is your best advice to give me ? Cause I feel like my doctor not listening to me and my pain is just getting worse?

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        • SassyMouth

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          @sho you can also Google Dr's around you and see reviews before making an appointment

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        • SassyMouth

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          @sho maybe it's time to find a new Dr. I feel like if they are too busy or whatever to listen then they are too busy to have me as a patient.

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    • poodlelover28

      692d

      Yesss!!! A rheumatologist in my doctor's office told me that if I took better care of myself I wouldn't have flare ups that land me in ER. 🙄

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    • Elizalo

      692d

      If I get that feeling I just never go back. They’re a waste of my time. It’s really frustrating because I feel like men don’t have as hard a time with doctors believing them.

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      • BernK

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        @Elizalo I don't trust male gp. I prefer female.

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      • AnxiousAl

        692d

        @Elizalo wait that’s totally not true is men get the same thing

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    • StarGazer333

      692d

      Omg yes! It makes me feel like I’m from a different planet!

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      • sho

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        @StarGazer333 I feel like they should take us seriously.. because we just want to get better

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