Horrible gp

Sorry for this post but I just need to vent. Ive had symptoms for 10yrs, last couple of years I gave up on drs and haven’t been to gp very often, I’ve avoided medication for most of this 10yrs trying a few things which didn’t agree with me and never stuck with anything except diazepam when really bad. I’ve just tried to filter out the bad days by riding off the good days.

Well last month or 2 my pain levels have been ridiculous again, I went to private physio which made things worse and after spending days reading as many positive reviews about Amitriptyline as I possibly could I finally got to the point where I convinced myself to try it, I’ve avoided for years due to the side effects and the worry that I will be stuck on them forever. Got dr appointment on 23rd may (earliest they could do) but today I just couldn’t hack it so phoned again and asked for a dr to call, reception insisted I came in to see dr instead.

Went in to see dr and came out of there burst into tears, had to get to my car as quickly as possible and was sobbing hysterically on the phone to my partner who couldn’t understand me. I drove home sobbing and came in still sobbing.

She refused to give me amytriptlyn, my complaint was muscle pain and stiffness and excruciating headaches which have got worse. My joints hurt, my face feels like it’s being stretched like my muscles have turned to stone. I didn’t even get the chance to tell her this, she was so dismissive saying Ami or any of the other anticonvulsant causes rebound headaches and she also said that my pain wasnt nerve pain and that ami only treat nerve pain. She also told me that they had done enough medical tests over the years and that my symptoms were not able to be medically explained. Funny thing is she didn’t check my joints, she didn’t ask me what my pain felt like, she told me I don’t have migraines which I mentioned I think I might have but she hadn’t asked me any questions about it. She didn’t check my blood pressure which I would imagine is something to do with worsening headaches. She treated me with contempt, didn’t apologise that pain clinic or muskoskeletal clinic referrals had fallen by the wayside for years and months.

I have read enough over the last 10yrs as I’m sure all of you have and Ami is the first line of treatment for persistent or chronic pain. Then come the anticonvulsants and do on. The fact that my pain has ramped up I should have been offered inflammatory blood test, just to check or she should have prodded my joints to make sure they weren’t inflamed etc.

After not wanting to make a fuss I decided not to take it lying down and called drs back and asked to speak to a senior dr who has now called me back and told me to take the ami and see how it works as it’s a pain treatment for all types of pain.  I don’t know what the first drs problem was. It was a fairly young woman as well who I normally find the most helpful and proactive.

Thanks guys for listening, hope your all having a good day😁

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