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Doctor is making me feel like I'm wasting her time and anything medical is all in my head since I asked for counselling/cbt

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Harshsea · 10/09/2019 04:20

Just that really. Gp speaks to me as though I'm wasting her time, in fact she is quite blunt about it!
Before the care was okay but since I had some CBT to address issues relating to some trauma I experienced she has started to treat me massively differently, has openly said I have to consider if the symptoms and pain are in my head and makes me feel I'm wasting her time.

I have a history of many multiple operational surgeries, ongoing conditions relating to that, early full menopause, total hysterectomy following severe endometriosis and very large cysts, I have a B12 defienciency, vit D deficiency and related neuro symptoms, chronic migraines, bowel and bladder damage due to a serious tear, a sling mesh repair, hand and body tremours, intermittent body weakness, ongoing joint pain, anxiety and PTSD and asthma.

I HAVE been to the GP 11 times since last November which sounds excessive BUT at least six of those appointments have been for my regular B12 injections, one was a follow up from blood tests which found something and I was asked to come in and one was a reaction of meds to other meds I was already taking.

The main symptoms she has declared are in my head are symptoms that are very very common symptoms of B12 deficiency and repeated daily on the B12 deficiency forums.

I have tried to change surgeries with no luck as no where locally had room. I do try to avoid her but it isn't always possible!

Aibu and attending excessively or is she BU and what do I do about it?

OP posts:
Mlou32 · 11/09/2019 16:01

@LiveInAHidingPlace dandruff is absolutely something that any pharmacist behind the counter at your local Boots the Chemist can deal with. Even just one of the retail workers. I'd be absolutely mortified to bother my GP about such a thing.

In regards to the misophonia. As I said, it was self diagnosed misophonia. She is literally the angriest, most ill tempered person I've met. If someone accidentally drops something and makes a loud noise, disturbing her peace and quiet, she gets angry. Similarly (for blowing things out of proportion), she can't get a spot, it automatically has to be acne that she needs to see the doctor about.

Literally every single thing that people unnecessarily waste the GPs time about can be justified in some manner. 'Oh you have a headache today? Yeah, that's totally reasonable to visit the GP about, it could be a brain tumour'.

Gee whizz, I hope most people don't think like this, it's probably one of the reasons that genuine people wait 2-3 weeks on GP appointments, because they're being taken up by people like my friend and it's also probably one of the reasons that the NHS is on its knees, complete inappropriate misuse of services. Hence why they have been forced to bring out campaigns and posters telling people when it's appropriate to be visiting A&E/the GP etc and when people should visit their local pharmacy and utilise some self care.

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