I am constantly fed up with my GP continually saying that all my physical problems and chronic pain is because of mental trauma and ptsd. I get that ptsd causes physical symptoms but I successfully overcame my ptsd two years ago and I have chronic pain from a bad fall and car crash that have nothing to do with past mental trauma.
It seems that doctors fall into two camps - either ignore ptsd or blame absolutely everything on it. Come on doctors wake up and start listening to your patients. Also medical professionals need to stop doubting people when they know they have overcome ptsd & trauma.
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Pain is pain no matter the cause. Surely your doctors should be treating the pain. Are you saying that you are not getting help for your pain as your doctor thinks it is psychologically based ?
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Hi Dunkdl ~ I unfortunately understand your frustration 😒 Pain is usually there to say something is "not right" in our bodies ~ any chance of seeing a different GP?? By the way, love the dog! (is it yours???) 🌺
It is frustrating when previous medical histories keep being blamed for new problems. Any chance you can either swop to a different GP in the surgery, or even change surgery. Talk to friends about what they think about their GP.
I strongly agree a good GP is invaluable, as we should be GP managed rather than consultant managed, can give really good reasons, but take up a lot of space, PM if interested.
Ask to be referred to a new RheumyCon, and that the referral only mentions areas of pain and muscle problems. Under new NHS access to patient information, you should be able to see what your GP has written.
Arm yourself with info off the net. Get a list of the symptoms for PTSD, and tick any that match your condition now. Then do the same for Fibro, and get a general description of Fibro. Below is a good start for this. Then when you see the RheumyCon, give then a copy of both lists, and show that Fibro matches more.
There are no blood or equipment tests for Fibro, it is a clinical test of pain areas around the body. Ask for them to complete the test, so that you can accept it is not, because you have too many fitting symptoms. My wife's Kidney Consultant, years ago, advised his colleagues when referring her for tests, that we always came armed with info of the net, and supported her action.
Wow, sorry for such a long reply everyone, but sometimes a few lines doesn't get the info across. Please PM me if you want to discuss further.
You need to study what your doctor does in the consultation. If he gives a diagnosis without any physical examination then you need to change doctors.
There is truth that you can have chronic pain because of mental trauma. There is also a truth that you can do something about the pain caused by mental trauma. This is called education and investigation into how our muscles work and function.
Change how the muscles function and you change the pain and discomfort you experience. Lack of sleep can have a major influence on pain and discomfort caused by muscle behaviour and poor posture. This is because lack of sleep reduces the ability to fine tune muscle behaviour.
An Alexander Teacher can give some insight into muscle behaviour and pain and discomfort.
Thank you for your replies. When I suffered from PTSD I also had a multitude of physical symptoms and pain including Fibromyalgia, which I still have. However I also suffer from inguinal neuropathy caused by a bad fall and car crash. My GP has been great with my ptsd but for some reason won't recognize that I have overcome this and separate my neuropathy from it either. I have another appointment with the pain clinic next month for nerve blocks. The neuropathy in my groin is movement based, making me mostly housebound. As soon as I begin to walk around the house the pain starts to ramp up. If I go out then within a few hours the pain is a 9.5 and I have to take Oramorph. I know my own body and what causes my pain, but more than that I want my GP to stop blaming every single physical symptom I have on ptsd whichI no longer suffer from. Frustrating - although I keep telling myself to only focus only on the things I can control and just accept that my GP thinks differently.
Yes it is my dog, the day I brought him home from the rescue pound.
He's beautiful 💖 I know you are mad with your GP ~ mine frustrates the hell out of me too. I have this thing called Episodic Ataxia 😩 it's genetic ~ BUT alot of "the alternative" methods have "helped" me. Those methods won't "fix" me. Nothing will. I just keep "going ahead".
Surprised he hasn'blamed everything on Fibromyalgia.
I ende up changing from Gp practice to one further away when after being diagnosed with Fibromyalgia following a motorbike crash everything was down to that.Even when I attended with swollen neck "that's your fibro " and " are you depressed and looking for extrahealth issues " he said.I asked if it could be Lupus "No you don't look like someone with lupus"
Turned out the swelling was neck and thyroid cancer,I tested positive for Systemic Lupus and have kidney,heart,spleen and lung damage due to late diagnosis and I also have RA,Sjogrens Eds type 3 plus vascular ,brachial plexus injury and Crps .
I am now on several meds and come through 2 surgeries plus chemo but alive and living again.Will never put up with poor or incorrect consultations again,
Take care and hope things improve for you further.
Not low thyroid probs or any thyroid function probs until thyroid gland became cancerous.Now have no thyroid at all due to surgery,radioactive treatment and am on v high meds to oversupress so .....
Idea only - check on 'Thyroid UK' about your thyroid medication , some Thyroid medications are better than others, also Doctors are not good at getting thyroid doses spot on, Most get prescribed synthetic Levothyroxine, which for some does not help.
I now do it DIY and self dose and buy my own thyroid meds, far better to tweak. Also low in range iron and vitamins can cause pain too, many get told these bloods are OK when often they are low in range and still causing symptoms. If any apply do check it out on Thyroid UK forum, here on Health Unlocked.
I like my gp surgery, you can call up in the morning and get an appointment the same day, book in advance and there is a selection of different GPS. Also living in the country means that to change GP you have to go miless away.
I like my GP he has been very good to me, it just seems like once you have had PTSD you can't escape from the medical profession always linking future conditions back to it.
When a patient tells a doctor that they have recovered and overcome PTSD they need to listen and believe in them.
If you really have a good GPpractice ,which they do sound from your reply,and want to stick with them then why not pop a few words down in writing to them saying how great they are and have been but could they please accept that you have moved on from and overcome PTSD and could they give you the same help and support dealing with your none Ptsd pain and problems from now.
Easier then as they can read it without distraction and with your words of appreciation and overcoming PTSD explanation they might have a different outlook next time you see them.
I have been considering writing to my GP to see if it helps him see my point of view and take on board what I keep telling him.
Maybe once I have more nerve blocks, followed by facet joint injections in my spine and radiofrequency nerve denervation - my GP will have to agree that my pain is physical because my groin pain is back under control. I'll wait and see.
Well freaken said. If I’m not taken seriously soon I’m going to die at home. I’ve lost 70 pounds since April 16 2018. Obgyn butchered me labelled the pain and infection as being psychosomatic due to PTSD. She didn’t even look up there since she did the surgery and told the new obgyn to do nothing. Yet she told me she’s getting me into surgery urgently. I even recorded my last visit with her. I hate doctors because I was raped by one. For me to demand being looked up there is because it’s serious. My next appointment in on Tuesday and I need to drive 10 hours to get there. If I’m not taken serious I don’t know what I’m going to do. I’m so scared I wrote my will.
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