Does Your Doctor Get On Your Nerves?

To answer your question, yes, at times my doctor gets on my nerves. He listens to me for the most part, but I get really tired of hearing the phrase "once we turn 40....." I have heard this line for about 6 years now. I am 41 years old now. I did have an endocrinologist that really irked me. He stopped listening to me. I stopped seeing him. My husband and family doctor thought i was going crazy because of my thyroid condition and didnt take me seriously when i complained about the endo. Then my husband went to the endo with me and it didnt take him long to decide I was not the one who went crazy. He threatened my family practioner with bodily harm if he sent me back there. It is my opinion that you should find a new doctor. As you probably already know, your thyroid controls much of your body's ability to function properly. I started out with an overactive thyroid. After about ten years of steadily increasing doses of medication (ten pills a day), I let my doctor talk me into having the radio active iodine. My thyroid is now underactive, and I only have to take one pill a day now. I am concerned that your doctor is not more concerned with getting your thyroid under control. Mine always said that the thyroid had to be functioning properly before he would do anything else. Do you see an endocrinologist or a family practice doctor? Other than the weight gain, what other symptoms do you have?

I pay $400 for my health insurance. On top of it, I have to pay $20 co-pay any time I see my doctor. Yes, I am very upset about health system in USA. If I am unemployed, I would have to pay double for 'cobra' insurance, over $600 a month, while unemployment check is only 250 a week. It happened to my friend. Now she doesn't have an insurance, no job and if she wants to see her doctor, she has to pay over $200 for each visit. On top of everything I said, my doctor is not good. I have to change my doctor. They make mistakes, so we pay more for every visit. At least this is what happens here in USA.

When I first went to my doc, I told him I was screening him and would only come back if I were happy. That was some time ago. The fact is that he does listen, and with my various allergies it is vital that I do have a doc who does (why I quit the other doc BTW.) If I were you I would be doc hunting, but I don't know how things are done with the socialized medicine you guys have.

Hi Janey, I don't often see a doctor because honestly I can't afford one and I'm pretty healthy. It was not too long ago, though, that I was taking my mother in to the doctors very regularly. I remember that some of the doctors were just so vague about her illness and treatment. She was the type that would not ask enough questions or be demanding in getting the answers that she needed to feel comfortable. I started going in with her and I wouldn't leave until we understood the treatment and the prescriptions etc. It's true that some doctors talk in what sounds like another language and need to be brought around to just talk in simple terms. Others don't explain enough and need to be prompted. I don't know if your doctor is like this or not but if you are not happy with your doctor or feel that he isn't giving you the right treatment for what ails you then you should see if there is another doctor that you could see instead I think. If you are still feeling horrible then maybe he has diagnosed you wrong?? I hope you get to the bottom of this soon and will soon be feeling better, Janey.

oh janey1966 you might want to read the discussion i started a few days ago "there goes those doctors again" and its somehow related to your topic. but i must warn you coz it might boil your blood again! cant imagine the number of patients they have consulted wrong.

My doctor is really good with me but I have been his patient for over 30 years and so often a visit to him is not just in and out but also a catch up. The one I have problems with is my back specialist who is so arrogant and blasse that at times I feel like telling him to get stuffed. A prime example of which was a couple of years ago when he finally agreed to do the operation on my spine he wrote down what he was going to do on a bit of paper and said you use the internet so look up on there what the operation will be and you will get a date in the post for it. That was it, he didn't have anytime for me and didn't want to explain anything except I sat there and asked him questions till I got the information I wanted.

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The doctor I used to take my daughter to.I can say I wasn't very satisfied because the thing that bothered me,was that I could not understand him.I'm not racist but he talked with a foreign accent and I really had a hard time understanding him because of it,no matter how hard I tried to understand,I just couldn't.The other thing is he would make any kind of diagnosis just to get rid of us.He was usually wrong about the diagnosis.Now we go to someone else,because I changed my daughter's doctor.He never listened to what I said aboiut what's wrong woth my daughter,he always acted like he was in a big hurry to get rid of us.

I think the entire medical comiunity as a whole are a bunch of idiots. Complete and total loonitics if you ask me. I have a very poor relationship with my doctor. I don't even know his name. I don't always see the same doctor twice. Some people are so stupid, that it makes me want to twitch. Quite often when I go to have tests done or something. Like when I wwanted my blood sugar tested, it came out high. So the doctor says "lose weight" and "eat less" I had been having hypoglycemic episodes, thus the reason for why I wanted my blood sugar tested in the first place. So when I got the results I felt as if I was being blown off. So I go back, not of my choice mind you, it was because George wanted the medical deduction from the housing athourity. And repeat the same old stuff. and now he suddenly believes... that hey... I might actually be hypoglycemic.... give me... a damn.... break....

My doctors have been giving me crap for years about my weight. When I was a freshman in hs I was 165lbs. I was a bit chubby (really- not obese or anything). Then I found the weight room. I pretty much have looked like I must have some muscle, but am not cut like a bodybuilder (save for some upper body) for the last few years. My weight has steadily gone up. I remember being 180/190 and its like oh you need to lose weight etc etc. I was playing 3 sports plus powerlifting. Now I play rugby and powerlift, but am about to kick a nasty barrage of butt/back spasms I've had for 5 months completely. Before they took me "down a level" I was 211, now I'm around 220 and playing rugby alright still. But I really don't look different. I can only imagine my next doctor visit. Another thing is insurance costs. I put down what I look like I weigh because otherwise, I'm apparently about to die any second. But yeah, that really pisses me off about nearly every doctor I've ever been to. It doesn't help that I'm a woman- that pisses me off more, that we should all be small and petite, or at least not have muscle bull.

I don't really have a problem with my doctor. He's good and I understand his explanations very well and he also makes it clear to me the lab result I would be taking and makes sure that each medicine that he would prescribe would treat what I have. I think your doctor is not quite paying attention to you.

My doctor doesn't get on my nerves. I only see him once a year. but it does kinda bother me with all the questions that don't have anything to do with medical issues. I had my doctor sense i was a child. Hes really cool tho. We have a good friendship. i know he means no harm.

I used to think that I had a good relationship with my doctor then he changed from a private one person practice to a larger group practice. Things were never the same, and I ended up changing to another practice, that was smaller and more patient focused. If you doctor is not listening to your words how well is he listening to your body. Medical treatment should involve the whole person and his or her needs. Your doctor if aware of your financial situation, should have come up with a better solution to your medical needs.

Last Time I Have a Visit With My Doctor He Was Just Perfect, Gave Receipt of Antibiotics What I Needed Most, I Had 40 Temperature 3 Days... But One Year Ago, My Baby Had Serious Problems With Too Often Flu... You Know, How Is Hard To Stay Back in Better Feeling 1 Year Old Baby? Doctor Said That He's Ok and He Don't Need Any Medicaments. So, After week We Came Back With my Baby and Asked Antibiotics For Him, Because He Was Absolutely All "Sicked" Painful Ears,Totally Blocked Nose, High Temperature and So On... Thanks God after That The Doctor Saw, Gave Receipt For Antibiotics... But I Think They Can't Wait Till Baby or Any Other Person Will Almost Die...

Maybe you should seek other doctor who is more specialist for help. Money is not the biggest issue here. after all, health is very important and you got take seriuosly on that. i was ill(life threatning) before and i know excatly how you feel.