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Old Feb 05, 2013, 06:12 PM
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Originally Posted by critterlady View Post
Has anyone else noticed their family doctor treating them differently once you're diagnosed and start getting treatment for a mental health problem?

I found out today that the neck pain I've had for nearly a year is from a ruptured disk. I started talking to my family doctor about it right after it started. She spent most of the year telling me to get massages and do neck stretches. A couple of months ago, I finally got her to prescribe physical therapy and refer me than orthopedist. The ortho ordered an MRI and they found the problem.

That's just one example, but it seems to me that since I became depressed and started therapy and anti-depressants she doesn't take my physical complaints as seriously. She actually told me once that she thought one problem I was having was psychosomatic.

It's annoying.
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