How many doctors?
 

Does it take to screw in a light bulb? lol

No, how many have you seen since your symptoms first appeared? Just wondering. I'm at 13 and counting. My pain dr left, and I had to see another dr at his clinic but do NOT like him, so I'm looking again for a doc. UGH....

I've seen two (related to my MS). The doctor who dx me was about an hour away and I always had to wait over an hour once I got there. So...I needed to find someone closer. I've gone to the same Neuro here now since 2006. I do have a GP that I've been too for years so I guess that makes three! :p

I'm at 5 (just neuros!) so far, and it's only been a year.
PS - Your Pom is ADORABLE - I have one just like it!

I'm about to visit my 4th...my first neuro dropped my ins., the second one didn't think I had anything she could help me with, the present one doesn't return calls and makes me see his NP...so I'm going to a fourth who's actually an MS specialist to see if he thinks I'm on the right meds, etc.
I feel like a hypochondriac, but that's just the way things go...

I have had two neuros, two eye doctors and three PCP's. I have been with my current neuro for 15 years. He is with the MS Clinic in Rochester, NY, and is awesome. My current PCP and eye doctor are both very knowledgeable about MS which eases my mind when I go and see them.

7 neuros in 8 years (but that's only because I move or they do!!)

I've had 5, but that's been in 30 plus years, and only because we moved states.

In May see my 5th for first time. 2 moved far away, one got a better job across town, 1 wasn't very proactive but he was nice, A neuro. who DXed me, but no bedside manners so I never saw him again, an opthamologist-Neurologist, two PCPs and Lazar surgery doctors

Really liked my last one, but he moved.

I don't have MS but have a condition that is fairly similar in many ways and is just as hard to diagnose and treat!!!

I have seen about 25 Doctors in the last 2 years that I have had RSD!!! I have seen about 8 Physical Therapists (covering 3 different hospitals in the UK), 2 Neurologists, 2 Pain Management Doctors, about 5 Orthopaedic Doctors (this was to check that I didn't have any broken bones in my leg, which I didn't), my GP, 3 Psychologists (2 to help me come to terms with my illness and the school's Psychologist to try and find ways for me to work around my illness), 3 Orthotic Doctors etc etc!

It is SO frustrating that we all have to see soo many Doctors before we can get an accurate diagnosis! I really wish that Doctors would be more familiar with different illnesses and actually know what to look out for!! My nanan had Progressive MS and she had to see lots of doctors before she was diagnosed and many more after that to get the Baclofen Pump and treat complications that arose from the MS.

Let's see... It took 2 neuros to dx me. I've seen the specialist for a consult. I've had to see a gastro and bladder dude since DX. So I guess that makes 5 for me thus far - not including the PCP and GYN since I saw them anyways prior.

OK, let me count. Started with PCP (1), sent to asthma specialist (2) who said sx are neuro, 1st neuro (3) who sent me to MS Specialist #1 (4) and ENT (5), MS Specialist #1 sent me to MS Specialists #2 & 3 (7), I stayed with MS Specialist #2 who has since sent me to vestibular neuro(8), neuro-opthalmologist (9), neuro-psych (10). I also saw my regular opth about the nystagmus (11). Unless I've forgotten someone, I am at 11 docs since this mess started.

I have seen 3 neuros, 1 pcp and 1 urologist... supposed to be going to a gastrointernologist to but haven't done it yet....

I thought I had a lot of diff docs, but you guys take the cake! lol

I loved my 2nd neuro but my insurance changed and he didn't take my new insurance... my 3rd one is good so far... hopefully I will find some way to get to go back without having insurance anymore.... :( seems like everytime I start to try to help myself I end up losing my insurance!!

In the last ten years, I've seen:

6 PCPs (Last year I FINALLY found a REAL doctor--what a relief!!)

3 neurologists (very nice people very skilled at confusing the heck out of me)

2 ophthalmologists (nice reassuring types)

1 rheumatologist (uninterested, unhelpful, unbelievable, and snarky too)

1 regular ENT (did all the right things when I lost my hearing, good guy)

1 neuro-otologist (ENT inner-ear specialist), but actually four if you count three more that I saw not for diagnosis but on the tortuous path to get a special kind of hearing aid. Very nice people, but only really interested in surgery.

1 spine specialist/orthopedist (checked more reflexes than all the previous docs put together!)

And the diagnostic result of all those doctors and dollars: a big fat ZERO!

(At least it was mostly the insurance companies' dollars; not that I'm happy about that.)

I did get some good results, though--an excellent pill for the brain fog, an excellent hearing aid (Baha system), and an excellent pair of "ghostbusting" reading glasses.

3 pcp's
4 neuro's
1 neuro surgeon
4 pain docs
1 pt

Not going to count the psychologists, lol.

:rolleyes:

Prior, I had one pcp in my adult life, one ob/gyn and a urologist.

Now I need to look for yet another doc. It gets tough to know how many times to keep looking, when to give up. Just when you think you have someone who's going to help, they leave on ya.

My original GP moved away about 15 yrs ago, so I've got a new one since then.

My original neuro retired (she was 105 when she saw me in 1991). Since then I got a MS Specialist, but he was too far away. I now have another MS Specialist who is closer . . . so that's three.

I have been to see all those neuro's a total of eight times since 1991.

Cherie

HI my dear brain~! I was wondering about YOU!!

So sorry you do not have your pain doc..what happened that you had to switch? And why dont you like the new one? Ask the "spirit" or Holy spirit to guide you to a great MD ok?

I have just been to my 5th neurologist..3 Rheumies..and now have a new PCP (4th in last few years)..who knows cuz time sure flies!!

MS has been ruled out.. I accept it..but then meet the new PCP and she says.."Are they sure you dont have MS?? Are they sure you dont have seizures??"

I like one lady on another forum.. she GAVE UP DOCTORS FOR LENT!! hahahaaaa

I do have a NEW DX Autonomic dysfunction.. and still going to be tested for Narcolepsy with cataplexy.. its looking like I have some version of that.

GOOD to "see" you !!

Warmly, Jan