How can I better describe this to my doctor?

[oceans_apart]

I talked to my doctor about something strange that has been happening a lot: several times throughout the day it feels like someone is touching my hand or holding my wrist.  When I told her this, she asked me if I had ghosts living in my house, and then she changed the subject.  I must have not explained it correctly.  Has anyone ever had this happen before? and if yes, can you help me better describe this so she can take me seriously next time? Thanks so much.

[oceans_apart]

All really good answers! Thank you!  

[RedFlame]

You have already been given great advice above, I just wanted to encourage you to find a doctor that will listen to you.  That's one thing that many of us here have in common, having a doctor who didn't understand or didn't take time to listen.  

I sometimes have a sensation that I have an area that is wet, of course it's not but our nervous system does things like that.

Don't give up

Red

[sllowe]

Oceans -

Is this doc for real? Hard enough to bring up a funky sensation, let alone ask or referenced as supernatural.

I don't know how I would of felt, but surely I would of been taken back. If you have to go back to this doc, you could simply say something like  "last visit I brought up to you it felt as if something was touching squeezing my hand. You asked me about ghosts. Maybe I didn't explain it exactly but would I would like to try to explain it to you again."

A good doc wouldn't have minded that you described it that way at all. A good doc would of questioned you further if they didn't understand the way you described it. I'm sorry you were made to feel that way :(  No one deserves that.

-shell

[Lulu54]

http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Multiple-Sclerosis/Describing-symptoms---putting-it-in-words/show/1288644

I just bumped this excellent thread - lots of ways to describe things in a way that doctors may understand.

I hope it helps....  and I agree about being brushed off by a doctor, that is not a good sign that this doctor will be there for you.

be well, Lulu

[msisbs]

I have had the same type of sensations. A lot of times I think I have dropped water on my leg and there is nothing there. I think I brushed up against something but there is nothing around me. Various strange things like these. I believe It is just my nerves over-reacting to something, but not ghosts. I cannot really believe a doctor brushed you off like this and my only advice is to be more of an advocate for yourself, or to try a different and more professional physician.