theguardian.com/society/202...
(not aimed at you dear Rod: the exception proving the rule...)
When is the medical world going to wake up to the fact that so many 'women's issues' are treated so appallingly? Not in my lifetime. C'mon younger sisters and brothers! Take up the cause!
I will make a prediction.
Women will be told that "Lessons will be learned", within six months the issue will be old news, and nothing will change.
Women will still be assumed to be lying, attention-seeking hypochondriacs who need CBT and anti-depressants, and "women's problems" will still be a reason for doctors to dismiss female patients.
Well said!
This is what we're up against!
Now see here's a thing hb; in the actuarial world, you'll find that women have a greater life expectancy to men. There is also evidence that women seek medical advice more often than men. Hence attention-seeking hypochondriacs. Can't someone make the connection to conflate the two?
I'd like to bet, based only on my 60 odd years of listening to men moaning about women that men are held by the medical profession to be at the zenith of verisimilitude, women much less so, hence lying. Women have freaking problems due to our ability, whether we choose to take it or not, to bring about the following generation.
CBT will aim to bring about a change in a sometimes perfectly reasonable reaction to an action. The social mores of the majority should not be held up as the only normal allowed. This appalls me; the narrow bandwidth to which we ascribe normalcy must change. It is tied to men's behaviour and we have an equal and presently unrepresented right to a half share in how to get us out of this clusterf*ck.
Finally, anti-depressants. Can't stop popping 'em. I am otherwise, at frightening velocity, a crazed spite ridden harpy and my lovely family and friends have a right to better. I can't help but think that if we're not to have our Amazon (not, you Bezos, back in yer recyclable box) then we could hope for a Prozac nation where more men were using...
I have to get back to my paid writing now, but good points well made hb 
I agree about CBT.
I know and it’s not even male doctors who treat women like hypochondriacs I think can think of a couple of female doctors who are guilty of that too.
Now that I’m ancient I’ve come to the conclusion that there are three ages of women -
1. too young to have things like cancers etc wrong with them,
2. menopausal
3. hypochondriacs who are too old to bother about.
Ha ha I am 60 now and nothing will ever change while men rule the world. Women do live longer than men and I can see why. "It's a Man's World"
And I'm 75 and have had concerns, that recently proved to be RTH, dismissed for nearly 50 years.
Responsible job, busy mother, blah blah, menopause,. blah blah.....just old. I swore I'd find the real reason one day. Self important GP then tried to prescribe antidepressants. No thank you!
She left before I could give her the good news! It"s not always the men.....though I could say a few things about some of them too!!
The new breed don't want to know so I don't see much changing in my lifetime!
I would be very ill, or worse, if I hadn't found this forum. I now self medicate.....and live to tell the tale!
Looking at the 'men' keeping us safe at present I doubt much will change. Check out MH - CW - BJ & SS. DC will have to upgrade his Artificial Intelligence System his company is creating for the NHS to include a listening ear ... 🐖
Surely the time is ripe for TUK members to take up the Guardian's request:
theguardian.com/society/202...
They are opening out the request to any woman who has been dismissed by the medical profession.
I have sent in a reply to the Guardian's request entitled "GP's attitudes to Thyroid Disease Patients~Whatever Happened To 'First Do No Harm' "
That is a good idea but some of us wouldn't want the publicity and I know my husband would not like it because of the job he does.
You do not have to accept any publicity at all.
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Friend of mine (44) had been missing periods, occasional heavy one, putting on weight, headaches, hot flushes and mood swings. Tried to see her GP, but was put off, so she sent off some blood to one of the online test places and it showed she has entered the menopause. She finally managed to see the GP and described her symptoms but did not mention the blood results. She was diagnosed as "depressed". No blood tests offered, but some AD s on prescription. She refused and is now waiting to see another GP.
It does not matter what age you are as a female - from heavy periods and pain, pregnancy, lumpy boobs, menopause etc, it is "just your age" or "you are depressed". That seems to be the only two diagnoses available!
Can someone help my sister? 
Help with hyperthyroid diagnosis for my sister
Tablets making my sister worst
Thyroid disease starting as a young teenager and do I need to worry about my younger sister?
knew I shouldn't have gone to bed so early
