The pcp doesnt believe i have neuropathy, despite telling her all my symptoms?
 

BASICALLy i went to pcp at feb 2nd to see if she can do anything about my pcp, but instead she thinks its all mental problems, and she kept diverting the conversation towards a genetically cause as well. My symptoms began suddenly the month before that when i took diphenhydramine with some other otc.
This past friday she gave a call that i missed the appt in march 3rd(i did on the basis that she wasnt going to tell me anything different instead trying to get me to say things that i am mentally all in the head). She said in the call, that could this be stress related, and kept saying it keeps going away and keep coming back. She basically repeated what she said 2 months earlier, is it stress?
and apparently the mystery specialist was a Opthamologist, and not a neurologist doctor, do you think the specialist can refer me to a a rheaumatologist, or neuro doctor.

Burning bridges
 

If you skip appointments because you are suspitious of your PCP you might burn a bridge that you might need later. IMHO. I need my PCP to link my insurance to any other DR. As long as you are still getting referrals, it is a new pair of ears to hear you. Stress and anxiety can play a major role in neurological conditions but you are probably the best judge of how much you are being affected by these. Many have been funneled into the psychosomatic category and have to be calm and prepared for new referrals by focusing on physical symptoms that you deem the high priority. Good Luck, Ken in Texas.

We fully understand the HUGE frustration, to put it mildly, that the medical field does to us...I have to agree with skrp01, burning bridges can come back to bite us...One of my doctors INSISTED I was making things up just to be seen; I was so :mad: that I stopped seeing her. When I had to have a check up, I had to eat crow and go back to see her...and she was still a snub...she was like, look what we found wrong....what :eek: WE?! However, she was willing and able to send my records to whom I needed....Had I given in to her 'ways' fully, I wouldn't be able to have the reviews done in time....
The exasperation you are experiencing is REAL; with that being said, maybe it can help you move forward.....:hug:

life is too short for that kind of negativity....look around for another pcp

I'm a bona fide anxious hypochondriac so my focus on the PN made it A LOT worse. Now that I got a pretty good work up from a neurologist and nothing is showing like MS or nerve damage I've taken my focus off the symptoms. They've pretty much disappeared. Hope this continues!

I can say in my case focusing all day on the symptoms makes it 100% worse. With that said my case won't be the same for others.

I can tell you my pn is not stress or mentally caused, it would only be acute. They started on the same day few months ago when i took the anticholingernic drug, with other mixtures. i prefer not to see her again. I had doctor when i was originally at Kaiser permanente before i turned 26, in 2012, i went to see him (ENT), about what was the cause of nosebleeds, and if my septum needs fixing. I went there and waited for him, and before he came into the room, i noticed he was outside arguing with the nurse that i made an appt with him, and not a phone consultation first, he was ******. So he came in the room with that attitude. After he finished the examination(he only look in one nose and only the bottom part. He basically laughed me out of the office, that made me extremely angry. I had to nag my pcp to refer me to another ent, which actually found the reason behind my nosebleeds that i had been having for 4 years. allergies and a leaky blood vessel, So you see. i really dont want to go through another delay of diagnosis, when it can be easily found out. to this date my pn and loss of sensation never went away once(the pn only subsides alittle, but never goes away). i think she makes a habit to choose the easiest diagnosis, mental problems, one other doctors also had bad reviews on yelp, they complained about his ignorace to thier problems. hopefully i can use the specialist to refer me, if he or she says, i have to go to pcp to refer to a specialist, i am going to switch providers within the welfare system.

UTGrad in all of the years i have been reading this board, which is about 11 years, you are the first who believed that their PN symptoms were due to anxiety.

yup, that was pretty unusual. My pcp thinks im just hypochondria or "Stress" related when they cant find an answer to your neuropathy. Im pretty i cant fake loss of smell or taste, and neuropathy that develop new symptoms.
I mistakenly gave them permission to look at my kaiser records which showed numerous visits to different specialist within the span of 6 months and i have seen specialist in the past before as well(nosebleeds intestinal issues), because i had different concerns. Its like to talking to a wall when it comes to my pcp(welfare doc), as soon as i mention something she tries to change the subject altogether.

WRONG

I said anxiety makes them WORSE.

And that's IN MY CASE...might not be in yours