Thanks, winter. Dismissive is exactly how it felt.

I think we expect doctors to be better than people at large. That's probably expecting too much. It has seemed to me, since I've been seeing doctors for depression, that they tend to be less understanding than just about anyone else would be.

Their job, mainly, is to write prescriptions. It's vain to expect anything more.

My doctor teaches at the local medical school. That's probably a lot more interesting to him than his work in the clinic. Where I get my health care is a teaching hospital. I think patients are just "grist for the mill." The doctors and residents are probably more interested in their interactions with each other than with me. That's another reason why I want to get back to a regular doctor's office for my care. Where I go does not take calls after hours (or even during hours.) At night, all I can do is go to the emergency room. I think that makes the docs less invested in the patients.