Do you believe that male patients are treated differently than female patients by doctors?
I still believe men are generally treated as more "believable" when discussing s/s, while women are treated as having "anxiety"-related s/s.
Example: my elderly mother went to doc for c/o "feeling like a lump in my throat" and general malaise. Doc automatically prescribes Valium 2 mg. Mother goes to a different doc, who immediately finds a node on her thyroid. (Biopsy showed benign.)
Next time she gets sick, she can't keep any food down, weak as a kitten after a few days of vomiting. Doc tries to put her on Zoloft, saying that she's "depressed." Where the He11 did he get that from???
Where the He11 did he get that from???
REDWOMANRN
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THE DOC THAT MY PARENTS GO TO IS A REAL JERK!!!
HE WILL TREAT MY DAD IN A HEARTBEAT--BUT MY MOM WHO HAS A CHEMICAL IMBALANCE, HE JUST SHRUGS HIS SHOULDERS AND TELLS HER TO SEE A SHRINK!!!!
GO FIGURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!