Re: How do I best approach my family doctor?

[Anonymous]

It’s really my fault, yes, my doctor seems to be less approachable these days, but I also had some anger related to my mother’s medical care two years ago when her health rapidly decined and she passed away (cancer), and I am more guarded about trusting doctors in general without adequate research on my own. After a decidedly unpleasant experience at the doctor’s just after her death, I stopped seeing my doctor. Now of course, I need to see her, and it’s awkward for me to get over that. It’s also hard for me to let someone else be the expert (now I’ll sound like the Virtual Dr test) – I interrupt her, I talk on and on, I jump from topic to topic, I forget what I want to talk about, I want to talk about too many things. Now I know why!

I guess I should just own up to the fact that I tried my husband’s Ritalin. My doctor did say that with asthma, if the steroid inhalers work, that’s the confirmation of the diagnosis. The pulmonary function test is just additional confirmation. So perhaps she will similarly agree with what I did. I figured if I didn’t have ADHD, the Ritalin wouldn’t have worked the way it did.

Thank you Hans and dspicelady.

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