Dd (12) has had neck pain and stiffness since yesterday and woke up crying with pain this morning, so just to be on the safe side (she does a lot of gymnastics and trampolining) I made a GP appointment. I couldn't get an appt with our family doctor so we saw another one, who I've seen before.
The appt lasted two minutes, she's barely sat down and said 'neck pain' before he said, yes, yes, torticollis, very common, take these (he handed me a blister pack of co codamol out of his drawer) and come back if it doesn't go away.
He didn't examine her, or ask about any other symptoms or anything.
Previously he has told me to wrap the toddler with a temperature of 104 in a duvet as fevers are good for the body and should be encouraged. Prescribed me antibiotics for tonsillitis and when I queried if they were OK for breastfeeding said I should stop bfing as ds2 was four months old and doesn't need it anymore.
More seriously, when I went in saying I felt suicidal (I was later diagnosed with quite severe mh problems) it was another two minute appt where he gave me amitryptiline and Prozac and said, again, it's very common, take these and you'll be fine. I ended up overdosing and spending time in hospital.
Does any one else have a doctor who is a bit 'out there'? My usual doctor is brilliant. But I'm going to ask to see someone other than him next time if mine isn't available.