quote:Originally posted by Tinros: Yeah, I did get an EEG, CT, and it came back normal, so the doctor gave up.
Well, at least you can rule out "seizures," then, as that's a diagnosis of abnormal brain activity, which you don't have. I hope that is reassuring.
Did anyone ever check your heart rhythm? (they might well have done this during the EEG and not mentioned it, by the way)
quote:That's one of the reasons I'm not going back to him- what kind of good doctor gives up on a patient?
He may have not known what else to say, if everything medically worrisome (to a physician, that is) had been ruled out. Of course, that doesn't address the fact that you feel uncomfortable with him, which is a reaction that should be honored. If you don't feel right with a healthcare provider, then there is a problem, period.
Did anyone talk with you about breathing exercises or other specific self-calming techniques? I remember thinking about how your symptoms would fit with unconscious hyperventilation syndrome, which is relatively more common than you'd expect. (And bringing that idea up doesn't mean I think it's "all in your head" or that you are crazy -- this is just the body's unconscious reaction to stress. It's actually something that happens to athletes a lot as well as other people -- I learned about it in Sports Medicine Clinic. My own version of this is "laryngeal spasm," for which I had to learn how to massage the muscles at the front of my throat and deep breathing techniques. )
Posts: 132 | Registered: Jun 2006
| IP: Logged |
posted
My sister had seizures. She would pass out and then have one. She was even kind enough to do this while at the dr's office so he could see (not intentionally, but still, I thouhgt it was pretty convenient). After thought and testing, he came up with the brilliant observation- she only had seizures when she fainted. So, she should just stop fainting. Then he sent her on her way. My sister hadn't wanted to go to the dr's anyway so she accepted this. Strangely, this advice did seem to help her.
Posts: 1001 | Registered: Mar 2006
| IP: Logged |
quote:I really look forward to the day when a bad experience with a female professional is attributed to her individual competence/qualities rather than to her gender.
I was not ascribing my personal feelings to her gender - I definitely think it was about competence. My oncologist is female, so is one of the pediatricians my kids see, I have no problem at all with a doctor being female, African Amerian, foreign born, whatever, I just want a competent physician. But, when I hear people say "Go to a female gynecologist" with the implication that a female is always better than a male, then I have to counter that by saying, no - in my experience that's not true.
It's not a knock against all female physicians or even against all female gyns. It's also not fair to classify all male gyns as insensitive - though I hear many people do that when they encourage women to only seek female gyns. There are some wonderful, caring, and incredibly competent male ob/gyns in the world, just as there are wonderful, caring, incredibly competent female gyns. And there are insensitive jerks of both gender, too.
Posts: 14428 | Registered: Aug 2001
| IP: Logged |
Printer-friendly view of this topic
![[Dont Know]](graemlins/dontknow.gif)
![[Smile]](smile.gif)
