How Do I Get Some Doctors To Take Me Seriously?

[Anonymous]

I have Chronic Pain with Injuries and am not really being taking care of for pain relief. Am not saying that no one helps, some do, but, the medication, barely touches my pain. It's mostly the primary care and specialists that aren't 'really really listening'/helping.
I also use heat, ice, and do other things to help with pain.
They have the proof of diagnosis's.

I am having serious pain from a.. foot injury, costochondritis, a surgery, and from a concussion.

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Also not on anything for my disability I was born with, I do not need to take it everyday, just when the pain is bad enough

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

My opinion is to look for a doctor that is Internal Medicine also some doctors of Osteopathy can help you I would not recommend the medication Neurontin
it's been linked to causing suicidal ideation in patients and depression it made
my Bipolar go into a dark mood now they use Elavil for pain there should be
some other Antidepressants that treat pain or see a Pain Specialist

[Asker]

I will find a Internal medicine dr, I did have some before, thaks for reminding me, i forgot.
Antidepressents fpr pain take forever to help pain it is said, and besides, ssri's and just any antidepressants do not help me, only give me awful side effects.
from 2017 to 2019, both feet were stress fractures from left to right, and been to pain specialists for other things as well, they totally suck...

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

@SandandWaves You're welcome, Hope you feel better and Wish you the best 🙏

[Asker]

thanks

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

Thanks For Most Helpful Guy :)

[Asker]

you're welcome, earlier, I got some places to pick an internal medicine dr. ;)

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

@SandandWaves I wish you the best

[Asker]

appreciate that

[exitseven]

Most hospitals have patient advocates. Maybe you can see one of those and they can help you navigate the system and get you the help you need.

[exitseven]

Thanks for the MHO

[Asker]

You're quite welcome ;)

[Truthatanycost]

Why would they take you seriously? they do not care about you, or your pain. The entire health system is built on keeping you where you are, not curing you. Until you come to this conclusion yourself, you will keep repeating the same mistakes. You are trying to treat all of your problems through Doctors that give you medication and chemicals that only address a symptom. Symptoms are the voice of your body... medications silence that voice. You need to learn to listen to what it's saying, but you are going to people that have been taught for 10 years how to silence it each time it tries to speak in a different language.

[DaveToo]

If you're primary isn't taking you seriously you need someone that will. I live in constant pain and have been on past regimens including Morphine. I deal with it with just Tylenol Extra Strength, Gabapentin, and Excedrin Migraine for the headaches.

[Asker]

Will try to find a new dr- the internal medicine one

[Asker]

Have you tried anti inflammatories, for your migraine? I used to only take those, until I became allergic to naproxen. I can take 'toradol', sometimes that alone works, but, if the migraine is that bad, taking toradol and a t3 works great for me, for a migraine. Takes my pain away.

[Asker]

Oh, oops... you said headaches not migraines.

[DaveToo]

My headaches ARE migraines.

[DaveToo]

I've taken Naproxen and Tramadol. I prefer not to go through the withdrawal from them and others.

[Asker]

okay migraines.

[FunkyMonkee]

Most doctors are only there to push drugs and make shitloads of money BY pushing drugs!!
Try getting on YT and looking up a cure for your ailment (s). There's a LOT of doctors on there that'll give you better help and advice than those you pay through the ass for.

[hsshannah96]

They just don’t care. They always gaslight their patients

[Lonely888]

Most doctors are scared to lose their license these days

[eagle1951]

nowadays it's hard to get anything for pain. so Doctors try to find ways around dealing with it. the only thing you might try is going to pain Doctor

[iBeowulf]

"Give me more drugs" -- Karen