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Originally Posted by echoes long ago
i think it is awful the way you are being treated. you wont be able to establish any type of working relationship with a doctor like that. i had a really good pcp for 10 years who moved to ohio in 2009. since then i have had 5 and this last one i dont think is going to work out either. i dont know where you are from but in the US in some parts of the country a psychogenic diagnosis is much more common than in other parts. In the south particularly it seems to be used more than anywhere else. In my opinion very innaccurately.
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I live in California, MEDI-CAL system, im in welfare, very poor healthcare network(its comparable to the NHS, appointments are months away. if i had the money for insurance i would leave right away. She is just waiting to diagnose me with a mental condition, she blatantly stated i might need a "therapist" this would give a further indication that she doesnt believe in what i have is real. Im pretty sure she made up her mind of what i have in febuarary when i went to see her. i CAN feel anxiety mentally, but i cannot feel it literally, within my body, because thats the part im trying to find out.
I dont think doctors get it that PN is not a result of Mental disorder, They think because PN is not a "visible" disorder, they assume the patients are making it up, to get attention. I would switch providers, but i heard horror stories about ANthem BLUe partnership. She also kept trying to digress from my real reason being there, and trying to make a "mental" diagnosis, by asking question about personal info. one last insult is that, when i explained all my symptoms were neurological, the only specialist she would do is an opthamologist, she think my symptoms were real enough to have a neurological or rheaumtological consult.