Inevitable_Cap_744

Inevitable_Cap_744 OP t1_iut3dt1 wrote

That’s the thing though I am not asking for pain medication, I feel I being prejudged because other doctors thought I needed it in the past as a result there is not mutual respect and times it feels like disrespect. This lack of respect is creating distrust on both my end and doctor’s end, in turn it gets me feeling like there is no point in telling them stuff because when I do I feel like not only are they listening and or discounting the things I tell them. For example I told them I had covid recently and that I have been feeling flushed, hot and nauseous. They didn’t even speak to that because I mentioned I had pain running down my leg when I stood. I find the nausea and sense of hotness more debilitating. I feel invalidated, unrespected, and that my health is at risk because they’re not paying attention.

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Inevitable_Cap_744 OP t1_iuoy15l wrote

When my previous doctor retired I was told the new doctor doesn’t BELIEVE IN pain medication. I have no problem with having to earn trust but I was deeply offended that my doctor makes decisions based on belief. A doctor should make decisions based on science first not beliefs. I took the phrase to mean she makes decisions based on bias. Every time I go there since then I have felt talked down to, and ignored despite never asking for pain medication. I feel like just because I took them in past they treat me like shit.

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