Frustrated with Doctor Refusing to Give Referral

@Quari I agree with this completely. It’s a game with doctors in America. It took me years of being pushed around by doctors assuming I’m just an anxious hypochondriac until one doctor was willing to do the testing which started the ball rolling for everything. If you give too much you scare them and they don’t believe you. Just give enough to make them curious themselves to order more testing or a referral. Doctors will never act on your own self diagnoses (no matter how accurate they are). It’s like an ego thing, they want to find it themselves. Sadly, I think even mentioning the autism thing sometimes throws doctors off (my dad and brother have autism and I’ve noticed the doctors I’ve mentioned it to don’t take my medical issues as seriously …as messed up as that sounds). I even had a doctor tell me one time “remember we have to stick to only one issue during each appt”. That was my GP… how sad is health care in America. The only reason I got my EDS, POTS, MALS, and endometriosis diagnoses is because I saw one doctor who was willing to listen to multiple symptoms and realize that you can be both sick AND anxious at the same time. As for the autism thing goes, I agree that if there’s no treatment try not to stress too much on finding someone to diagnose you. But at the same time, knowing is stress relieving so I suggest seeing a psychiatrist. Call your insurance and ask for one that is covered and they should be able to help. Health care in America is a joke!! Best of luck 💕

@megsh I tried finding a doctor on my own, but I never thought to go through insurance. Part of the problem is that it doesn't seem like there are any specialists in my state that will deal with these issues or do consultations for them