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<blockquote data-quote="Lil" data-source="post: 651870" data-attributes="member: 17309"><p>I re-read this today and thought, "Heaven's that sounds harsh!" I don't mean for it to. Please don't think that I think you are making things up or you aren't having the symptoms you say. I'm sure you are concerned and have legitimate symptoms for the doctor to look at.</p><p> </p><p>But I DO think you are making yourself sicker by looking things up and assuming worse-case scenario.</p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>This ↑ tells me that you don't trust your doctor. You seem to either:</p><p> </p><p>(1) think she is not competent enough to know when a patient needs a specialist, or</p><p> </p><p>(2) be committed to the idea that you must have some horrible disease that only a specialist can treat.</p><p> </p><p>If it's number 1 - change doctors! You have to trust your primary care physician to be competent. Saying "She is <em>trying</em> to handle it on her own." sounds like you think she's little better than the guy on the street who's had some first aid training and doesn't really know what he's doing. Really, if you think she's not capable of handling a diagnosis - go elsewhere!</p><p> </p><p>If it's number 2 - I'll say this as gently as I can...your signature describes you as <em>"Bipolar, anxiety, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)), and PTSD. On Paxil, Saphris, and Tegretol. Still hanging in there by a thread."</em> Perhaps you should consider that, while your symptoms may be real, your self-diagnosis and constant worry about your health could themselves be symptoms of your anxiety or Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Perhaps you should discuss that possibility with another type of doctor?</p><p> </p><p>Either way, I hope you manage to feel better and quit worrying so much.</p><p><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/hugs.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":hugs:" title="hugs :hugs:" data-shortname=":hugs:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lil, post: 651870, member: 17309"] I re-read this today and thought, "Heaven's that sounds harsh!" I don't mean for it to. Please don't think that I think you are making things up or you aren't having the symptoms you say. I'm sure you are concerned and have legitimate symptoms for the doctor to look at. But I DO think you are making yourself sicker by looking things up and assuming worse-case scenario. This ↑ tells me that you don't trust your doctor. You seem to either: (1) think she is not competent enough to know when a patient needs a specialist, or (2) be committed to the idea that you must have some horrible disease that only a specialist can treat. If it's number 1 - change doctors! You have to trust your primary care physician to be competent. Saying "She is [I]trying[/I] to handle it on her own." sounds like you think she's little better than the guy on the street who's had some first aid training and doesn't really know what he's doing. Really, if you think she's not capable of handling a diagnosis - go elsewhere! If it's number 2 - I'll say this as gently as I can...your signature describes you as [I]"Bipolar, anxiety, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)), and PTSD. On Paxil, Saphris, and Tegretol. Still hanging in there by a thread."[/I] Perhaps you should consider that, while your symptoms may be real, your self-diagnosis and constant worry about your health could themselves be symptoms of your anxiety or Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Perhaps you should discuss that possibility with another type of doctor? Either way, I hope you manage to feel better and quit worrying so much. :hugs: [/QUOTE]
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