One even refused to write me a prescription and insisted I just needed to get outside more after listening to an hour-long recounting of how my ADHD makes self-care difficult to impossible.

[–] Captain_Waffles@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I had a psychiatrist send me off with the helpful suggestion to start working out, I was a lifeguard and literally had to work out to keep my job. He also told me I couldn't have ADHD because I'd graduated high school, without checking if I actually had. Like I did, but he just assumed that. The kid who showed up twice a week and turned in work never also graduated. My school had an excellent graduation rate, just ignore all the people who graduated unable to read past a 5 year old level.

I'm still undiagnosed, though not for lack of trying. One doc wanted me to stop literally every medication I was on for like an entire month "to get a baseline", and when I refused he prescribed me something I couldn't take anyway, and I never went back. I'm chronically ill, that would literally land me in the hospital.

[–] Newtra@pawb.social 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That's some awful gaslighting.

I have no idea how these people make it through 8-12 years of college without even getting their understanding of common diseases up to a wikipedia level.

[–] Captain_Waffles@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Yeah, like it's terrifying that people can go through a decade of education and training and still not have a grasp on some of the basics of their field. I expect to have to explain my migraine because I have a pretty rare subtype (like I'm the first person my neurologist has treated), but I shouldn't have to explain why I can't take a medication that says on the pamphlet "DO NOT TAKE IF YOU HAVE [CONDITION I HAVE]". I'm not expecting every doctor to understand a neurological condition that affects less than 1 in 8,000 people, but I do expect them to accept that I do have it and not treat me like I'm being uncooperative for not being willing to risk a significant increase in risk of life threatening side effects.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago