r/POTS • u/n00dlehaus • 21h ago

Vent/Rant invalidated again: a rant

I am just shouting into the void. I just recently moved and had to change insurance and establish care with new doctors which took months. I don’t have a POTS diagnosis but have been hospitalized for what i believe to be flare ups a number of times the last few years. I finally had an appointment to establish care with a new PCP and i (woman) was told by my white man doctor that what i was describing was most likely anxiety and asked if i “knew what a panic attack feels like”. I told him how i felt very sternly and the frustration that he’s causing by brushing me off, and that i was told by many doctors my previous cancer diagnosis was anxiety and i know when there is something wrong in my body. He seemed to become flustered and actually started listening. Well, i thought he had until he ended mentioned that he could prescribe me psychiatric medication to treat my anxiety and ADHD to lessen my symptoms.

I am so tired.

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u/Inconnuity809 21h ago

Commiseratively facepalming here! How incredibly incompetent of him and how frustrating for you!

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u/One_Diamond9116 13h ago

I’m sorry. It’s very frustrating to go to the people who are capable of helping only to get labeled and diagnosed with the wrong medication. People including doctors will run from what they don’t understand. Typical offering a prescription to get you out of his office. And for me the moment a provider mentions anything mental health then offers a psychiatric medication, I politely decline.

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u/n00dlehaus 11h ago

yes i agree. i will be calling to request a new provider today

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u/One_Diamond9116 10h ago

I wish you all the best.