For background, I am wholly supportive of the NHS and I know that doctors/nurses etc. all work really hard, under difficult circumstances and I have never ever complained...
I have recently been diagnosed with severe perinatal anxiety, I get what I can only describe as 'horrors' which can happen up to 20+ times a day as well as the more traditional anxiety at times but it is mainly the horrors that affect me. It has taken me ages to go and get help but I was suicidal a while ago as it was crippling me.
I saw an obstetrician today for approximately 10 minutes, if that, (not my usual consultant) and he was asking what medication I was on- I was told I was under the care of the mental health team and they want to up my medication, he looked a bit judgemental but i thought nothing of it. At the end of the appointment he said to me 'you shouldn't be on anxiety medication woman, you don't seem anxious to me'...these were his exact words.
I left the appointment in tears- I've been thinking about it and I'm still really upset, he really dismissed my serious mental health issue because he didn't perceive that I had one from the 10 minutes I was in his presence.
My AIBU is whether I should complain? Refuse to see him again or is this over the top? Should I just forget it?
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To this doctor spoke out of turn?
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MarcelineTheVampire · 12/01/2017 22:18
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