After being treated with condescension by my general practitioner, I asked him if he is capable of being objective about the physical symptoms I presented for treatment. He looked at me like I was crazy. So I asked for a different doctor.

The first thing I talked about with the knew doctor is how the previous ones could not get past the history of my mental illness in the file. I asked him if he could be objective, and volunteered to sign a release of information so he could talk to my treatment team and get any records he deemed helpful.

I am happy to say I started receiving much better treatment for the physical problems. My experience for the most part is that general practitioners are not that comfortable with mental health issues, but can be quick to attribute physical complaints to mental illness.