[QUOTE=lady_express_44;306841]He's obviously got some biases, which have nothing to do with compassion or empathy, but I can guess "why" he was acting the way he was.

He's probably one of those guys that doesn't give out a dx unless the person has 50 lesions, 9 O-bands, and is in a wheelchair . . .
He was so stuck on the LP. But then decided I didn't need an LP because it would not change the treatment of Avonex and my other medications because he was certain that I had at least CIS. At the end of the appointment I directly asked him what he thought I had and he said "MS" so he must have seen something in my exam or the information in my chart was starting to sink in for him. But he couldn't keep himself from commenting that sometimes our sensory symptoms are not as bad as we think they are. Maybe he would like to run around with ON for a few days and see how he feels it affects HIS life.
He wanted to know why you weren't going back to the other doctor, probably because he wanted to see if you were out doctor-shopping for a dx. Your dx is not a slam-dunk in his opinion, although in the end he agreed it was at LEAST CIS.
(I wasn't sure what to say to that question. I thought I had made it very clear to him up front that I was there to coordinated care with my MS specialist, not for another opinion or to be grilled.

I don't think his comments about having 7 kids had much to do with this . . . he just hates kids (women, dogs, and old people) and can't understand how anyone else could like them that much.
You are probably correct! He was not the friendliest guy around that is for sure.

My neuro has a morbid curiosity about depression with MS. Every time I go in there, she hands me this 5 page questionnaire about "how I'm feeling". She never tells me what my answers indicated to her . . . but she doesn't offer antidepressants either so I guess I'm doing ok in that department.
Sometimes those none answers are worse than if they would just give their opinion. At least an opinion would let you know where you stand.

I think the important thing, when dealing with any doc, is to find one who knows what they are talking about when YOU ask the questions. Otherwise, I just look at them a social misfits in life, and ignore their many quirks.

I wouldn't take it too personally, LA.
I go to my MS doctor next week. I called to let her know what happened. I would be ok if I could just skip the local neuro and go to my PCP. I am going to see if that might be an option.

He would say something to me and then look at my chart and go OH. It would have been much easier for him and for me if had maybe looked at the chart before he opened his mouth.