Ally, Thank you for this piece:
"There is a terrible catch-22 for patients where they're stigmatized for "doctor shopping" on the one hand but can't get any help on the other. Don't forget you are paying the doctors a fortune. I've said it before but I think it's worth saying again: doctors are the only people I've ever heard of who can be presented with a problem to solve in their work and choose not to solve it or even work on it and still get paid. A lot. Can you imagine telling your boss, "eh, I don't think it's possible to write this program, in fact I think you're crazy for even wanting it, I'm just not going to work on it. Oh, and here's my bill". The world only works that way for doctors. Okay, here's a joke I made up that might cheer you up:

How many neurologists does it take to change a lightbulb?
Answer: There's nothing wrong with the lightbulb, you're just being hysterical. You need to see a psychiatrist."

Joke and all. I just got thru the rest of your post. There is alot of good stuff here. You are very easy to understand. I used to produce instructions and labeling for an electrical products firm. I am fierce on hard to understand stuff. Now my writing now doesnt reflect what I used to do but I did a better job than the previous folks. Being a pretty good computer artist helped. You perhaps are a writer. You sure do it well.

Annie59