It's not always anxiety, is it?

[Kat N]

Does anyone else find that when you go to the Doctor with a legitimate problem, as soon as the Doctor sees a history of anxiety listed, all of a sudden all of your legitimate symptoms are ignored and on your check out sheet it becomes Anxiety?  What is that about?

I now get anxious going to the doctor because as soon as they see i have a history of anxiety any ailment i have seems to be............guess what?  Anxiety..............

[Jade59]

P.S.  I had to see a nurse practitioner a few years ago when my dr was on maternity leave and she looked me right in the fact and said "Your nothing but a drug addict."  I was in such shock I said nothing, grabbed my script and left.  

[Jade59]

Anyone ever check out Borderline Personality Disorder?  This dx seemed to put everything into perspective for me.  I also have been dxd w/firbromalgia.  Again, perspective.    Peace to all

[Kat N]

Thanks for making me feel better.  I thought it was just me.  
I think Doctors should take into consideration that just because we have anxiety doesn't mean that everything we have relates back to that.  We deserve the same respect and professionalism as everyone else.  God Bless!  Kat  

[Mark TX]

Well, I've found that most often when I go the the GP, I know it's anxiety, and not something else.  I was concerned about severe headaches a few years ago... I even feared I might have a brain tumor.  Of course I didn't.  And of course the headaches, as with most other symptoms, remain a mystery.  Which is kind of the catch-22 of this whole business.  I've had more problems in the past several years than I had when I began treatment 12 years ago.  Panic, dizziness, dysphoria, agoraphobia, intense headaches... you name it.  I bop back and forth between the GP and the psych in hopes that something will change for the better.  But it doesn't.

So, I've changed my approach.  I'm looking for alternative therapies and other positive influences in my life... and ditching all the negative stuff.  And I've got quite a long list of medications that fall into the 'negative' category.

mark

[tostressed]

Mine always think that it is anxiety, but when I am really concerned they will run the proper tests, but most doctors do treat us as automatic anxiety because it's in our charts. I hate to go to the doctors now because I am afraid that as soon as they walk in the door they are thinking "now what". I do have to say that I do have a pretty good doctor who puts up with me. Even the nurses are really nice. My family and friends are the same way. I have had so many tests done that I am really starting to believe it is anxiety. I do it all to myself.

[tanns]

I think that is a reason why so many anxiety patients "doctor hop".  I know that I've seen 4 general practicioners just so they don't just chalk up something to "anxiety".  I go in not mentioning anxiety and hope to get some "quality" help.

Right now I have pretty swollen lymph nodes in my neck...again.  It has happened pretty frequently over that past couple months.  I am so tired of going in automatically on the defensive that I just don't want to go anymore.  

Best wishes to all.

[magen7984]

yes that is the way it always is but more then likely it is anxiety for me anyway 23 year old female im sure i dont have a life threating illness. doctors sometimes take the easy way out but believe me if they had a reson they would lok into your symptoms further

[heartfluttersflyawayplz]

yeah seems to work that way. if your dr see you in anxiety and treats you for it than lots times he goes back to that, because anxiety can cause just about everything you can have, after a while you lose faith in your dr who tells you everytime its anxiety, so i try and keep my anxiety dr different than my reg dr i see two that way the other dr does not think anxiety everytime. works for me . good luck