[Tangerine87]

I'm so tired of doctors (mainly PCPs) not taking me seriously because of my Anxiety and judging by the meds I take. Anyone experience this? I've gone from
Doctors to doctors because of this. I have had migraines for a week now, with a stiff neck, left sided pain, eye pain and all my doctor says is "tension" headache. I have a history of stroke but I did pass the physical exam. I'm scared if there is something wrong with me, I'll live with a disability. Sometimes I think what is the point of telling the truth about your meds or even going to a doctor. Everything is blamed on mental illness.

[shortandcute]

I've had psychiatrists not taking me seriously. They had no problems prescribing me meds, and diagnosing me on paper, but then they would act like I'm imagining my MI. I've heard things like, "Why are you depressed?" or "Have you ever thought about just getting a job?" "If you had a job, you wouldn't be so depressed" "Maybe you could get someone to help you get your liscence. Then you'd be freed up and wouldn't feel so depressed."

[Nammu]

I once went to my pdoc with a list of symptoms and told her something was wrong. She dismissed all of it. On the way out of her office( it was a teaching hospital) I stopped by the research library and ask for new info on side effects of the two drugs I had recently been put on. They ran a search, apologized for only finding three results but all of them said the same thing, the two drugs were incompatible and could cause life threatening side effect. Then they listed the same symptoms I had given my pdoc. Went back up and asked the secretary to please give her the three articles while I waited. She came out and called me back into her office and booked me into the medical park of the hospital to be monitored while they weaned me off. She took me more seriously after that.

Another pdoc discounted my back pain while I was in the psych ward and then the rash I developed until I wore my pj shorts out and showed the rash to the nurses, then I was quickly isolated and turned out I had shingles

Another time I was on a psych ward I had horrible stomach pain, couldn't eat or drink without vomiting and couldn't go to the bathroom it was dismissed as malingering. I checked myself out Ada and went to the ER, turned out I had a bowl obstruction caused by the meds. I was scheduled for emergency surgery and in the reg hospital for two weeks!

So yeah my experience is that all docs but especially Pdocs discount physical symptoms.

[88Butterfly88]

I feel that way too. I have vertigo. Everyone blamed my psychiatric medication and never looked into it. Turns out it is from the meds but I hate the fact that it took so long to determine that for sure and that they didn't adjust my meds sooner. I finally found a good PCP. Keep looking, you are bound to find one too.

[Steiner of Thule]

Yes I've been experiencing this the past couple of weeks. I go to the ER I go to the clinic and they both mention to me that it's just anxiety and that maybe I should consider going inpatient. Though it can't be anxiety since my issue is a constant issue. Starting to move along but it's slow with no insurance and trying to find ways to pay for all this **** with no help since my country and state would rather I drop dead.