To think my doctor is ignorant?

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Went to GP today,as I started explaining my issues (what I'm worried sick about ) she's typing what I'm saying in the computer.
Didn't even look at me once,no eye contact.
She asked me to stop at one point so she could catch up typing.
Then printed a prescription and sent me on my way.
Aibu to think she should look at me whilst I'm talking to her or it's just bloody so ignorant?

Turns out I had pleurisy (when I took a deep breath my lungs rubbed together painfully, but nothing to worry about) but filling in the forms on the computer seemed to be the #1 priority for the GP.

@Disquieted1

If you’ve hardly ever been to the GP before, then our records about you are going to be severely lacking. How much your drink/smoke impacts hugely on your health, as most biology GCSE students could tell you - that is extremely important context for any GP or nurse who opens your records in the future.

It’s because you never go that she had to fill in all those boxes. Now she’s done it, no GP will need to inconvenience you like that again.

OP Ihope you get the help you need.

I havent smoked since 2005 but its affected my sons lung health today and I;m very ashamed about that. but it's more helpful for him for me to helpful to helpful than if i was to sit here playing "it wasnt me"

I am friend with 3 GPs and its really difficult. They are under such pressure to see patients quickly, not run clinics late and devote time to other admin work, they just can't do it all and inavitsbly, something goes.

One of my friends is very strong minded that she trained to be there for her patients and will make a point of listening to them and giving them the time to do so. Patients love her to the point that they don't care they often have to wait an hour for their appointment. However, it means she ends up working hours late in the evenings to catch up with everything. She is exhausted and run down. She is also constsntly told off by the senior partners and general manager for not managing her time well.

My other friend used to be the same but after a breakdown and 4 months off with stress, says that the only way she can continue to work is to remove herself emotionally from her job and get on with it as a conveyor belt job. I don't think she is bad as this GP as she is a warm person.ut she sticks to her 8 mns appointment and when it comes to depression will cut short the explanation - she sees 100s of depressed patients and for her depression is depression, the cause makes no difference - and will briefly discuss cbt and drugs and offer one or the other or a combination and that's that.

Similar to the above, when I had pnd my gp spent an hour with me and my baby (Booked double appt). I bet the rest of her day was shit. She's quit now

@Disquieted1 - how do you define 'attentive', if it doesn't mean 'asking all the relevant questions on the health background and habits of a patient you have never seen before'??