I’ve had to escort my wife to an embarrassing number of doctor’s appointments just so they’d take her symptoms seriously. Just her symptoms, not even her, the patient! Those are the appointments where I almost always end up impatiently telling the doctor, “don’t tell me, tell her,” or, “don’t ask me, ask her! She’s the patient,” because they’ll try to talk to me the whole time.
Here’s the same thing I tell my wife: blood tests are literally the least a doctor can do while still technically treating you. If your doctor is not putting their hands on you, thinking for more than a few seconds before responding, looking up your symptoms, suggesting specialists, or naming possible treatments to try out, then they’re not really listening to you. If your doctor isn’t listening to you or can’t think of a cause, ask to see a specialist.
/rant
Also, if you trust that your doctor is listening to you and is trying their best, then consider seeing a physical therapist, performing a sleep study, and a neurologist. I’d start with the PT and go somewhere that is cool with doing general assessments rather than requiring doctor’s orders. They might even refer you to a neurologist. Schedule your sleep study and just follow through with that. If your insurance doesn’t cover sleep studies, online CPAP companies will often roll the cost of your sleep study into your CPAP.
MissJinx@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Change doctors as many time as you need. It’s fucked up but one will listen