White coat syndrome....
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Hello everyone! So does anyone out there have this white coat syndrome aka anxiety big time when its time to go to the doctor? I've made 2 appointments that are much needed, with a brand new GP.. One for myself and one for my husband.. The one for my husband is today, and I need to go explain the last 2 years of his medical history from hospital stays to all the testing he's had done to the referrals to specialists he needs, of coarse he can't do it, it wouldn't get done right! Mine isn't even until tomorrow morning, and well I'm having a really bad anxiety episode on verg of panic , chest tight belching trapped gas feels like I can't breathe just can't calm down, and I hate this.. I haven't been like this since last year, my anxiety really has been in check.. But no not today its reared its ugly head big time.. Its early morning and I'm going to get busy doing some house chores to get my worried about everything mind off of all the insane crap.. I was in the grocery store yesterday with my 2 year old grandson pushing him around in the shopping cart and picking out pumpkins which we brought home and decorated, I felt fantastic yesterday! And that's huge for me and a grocery store, all the ladies were coming up and saying how cute he was with all his pumpkins, and I got to talking to one older woman about menopause, and I was telling her what an awful time I'm having, and she said yes not a nice ride at all, she said she couldn't stand herself for like 2 years, but assured me it does calm down and gets better... Well will see!!! Just wondering does anyone else have the worry anxiety big time when its time for something? I just want to run hide and bury my head in the sand today...
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Louise4586 Gypsy014
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Makes it worse as they see I am anxious and then blame everything on anxiety. Can’t believe how easy anti depressants are prescribed.
Good luck xxxx
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Gypsy014 Louise4586
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I know Louise, when I go now to doctor that's the first thing I say, I have high anxiety because I'm menopausal.. But that's not all I have many other symptoms as well , then they listen to everything else I have going on...
tawana68 Gypsy014
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He’s the nicest doctor but because I have had such a rough year and a half my blood pressure and heart rate go so high every appointment that I have with him . Weird though because it never was like that until I started to get medical issues and also messed up hormones due to this peri so I had had to go see him on a regular basis . I think fear plays a lot of it because we don’t want anymore bad news because we’ve already been dealing with enough . I went to have a scan done at my vascular doctors office and guess what ? My BP was normal there of 120/80 the other day and he said it’s for sure the” White Coat Syndrome when I go to my family GP , and said try not to worry about it so much , So I do think it’s just mostly in my head when I go to my GPS office. Lord help us all . At least we’re not alone, so thank you for posting this as it’s a good reminder to know we can make it through and there are many of us dealing with different issues to help support us . We’re all in this together and hugs to ya from Canada . XX
Gypsy014 tawana68
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juanita93228 Gypsy014
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They have it's called Xanax! 😂😂😂😂
Guest Gypsy014
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YES!!! I have it so bad I now see online doctors unless i'm so bad my daughter comes and takes me to ER! I been like this for the last 4 years!
sharcerv52408 Guest
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Guest sharcerv52408
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I use "amwell" they are real doctors and you are on video with them they can see down your throat or whatever and you can show them stuff or you can upload photo and you can take your blood pressure hours before you see them if you feel it it is high or just to take. They ask you questions and access you just like at a physical doctors office and they call in your prescriptions. If they feel you need ER or exteneded test and then you will set that up with your GP or ER if you like. They also have online doctors for Children which my autisitic son sees for things like sore throat, sinues, sleeping issues and such. They even have a menopause doctor online there too with "amwell" I have used them for my DD and throat and other issues and they call in my prescriptions to my drugstore. You see actrual MD'S not Practitioner. It's like sitting there in their office with the video. They take lots of different insurances. I have been using them for the last 1 1/2 years now.
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Gypsy014 Guest
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That's amazing crosado, I wasn't aware they had online doctors at all, I will be checking into it for sure.. Thanks for sharing this 😊
Gypsy014
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Thank you everyone ! To read all the others on here feeling the same , I suddenly have calmed down .. I still have to make it through my own appointment tomorrow uggh !! But after going to my husbands appointment today and actually meeting the new GP she was thorough, but has a terrible bedside manor.. She actually shushed me and said ok am I going to speak for my husband the entire time! I said well yeah if you want to know his very important medical history I do because he will be leaving important info out... Well I'm keeping my appointment tomorrow and going for me, and will ask her for my referrals to the specialists that I want to see and just take it from there! She definitely did NOT help my anxiety at all and how the hell does she expect to keep patients with such a bad attitude, I feel like leaving her a bad online review! I had another doctor simular to her before which I also wasn't comfortable with.. No wonder why we can't go and speak our situations and symptoms to these doctors and get a proper diagnosis with doctors out there like this only make anxiety worse, I feel like never seeing another doctor again, it seems they make our visits all about them and their practice and not us as the patient..
Gypsy014
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Oh and also I had to sit under them awful fluorescent lighting for hours which triggered my migraines, in not there with it yet but after going tomorrow my migraine will be in full force! I can feel it coming, and this upsets me to no end...😢
audra86673 Gypsy014
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Wow! She sounds awful! I've had one of my daughters dr's reprimand me for speaking for her at her appointment! She was 17 for heavens sake! It took me by such surprise! I let her get away with it but it really upset me! We had to go back to that dr and I was prepared for her the next time we went in! Turns out she was sweet as pie to me and like a different person! Hopefully your dr will behave differently tomorrow when you see her. I know it's hard to pile on a Dr with a bad attitude and anxiety from just being there! Just get your referrals and hopefully you won't have to see her again! Good luck!
Gypsy014 audra86673
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Thanks audra ... Yeah a real piece of work she was!! And I've had a couple of doctors before kind of behave the same with my kid too he was under 18 as well so naturally as a wife a mother we speak on behalf of our family.. Well I'm just not comfortable with that type of attitude at all its not necessary.. I will just get my referrals for now, and go see the specialists, it is a good doctors office with several more doctors to choose from, so its not a problem to just pick a different one, but its not something I'm feeling like doing at this point, I have no energy for any of it.. And the whole reason for picking her is because she's a woman and in her 50s thought she'd understand, maybe meno hasn't hit her yet! Will see thanks for your reply
sharcerv52408 Gypsy014
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Maybe meno has hit her which explains her crude behavior. 😂
Gypsy014 sharcerv52408
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You know I asked her, because she said hormones won't be good for me, and bhrt is definitely a bunch of crap and don't work!!! So I asked if she's been through meno yet or are you not at that age, and she said yes been through it and no it didn't bother her at all, she breezed right on through... I just wanted to cry then why oh why am I so bad! I asked if she would check hormones and she said why? What's the point? If your in meno your in it, she said she will check fsh and lh , but sees no point in checking estrogen or progesterone, I have no uterus so no need to check progesterone as that hormone is to shed lining only, but I still have my ovaries I said and I thought when progeserone is low it can make you feel really bad, she wasn't hearing any of it 😢
audra86673 Gypsy014
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Well, well, isn't she the lucky one! Just breezing through meno herself! I guess that means the rest of us suffering are just attention seeking lunatics! Ugh! She's a beast! I hope you got the referrals you were wanting and don't have to see her again anytime soon!?
Gypsy014 audra86673
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I audra, lol yes a babbling idiot is how she made me feel! The nerve of some doctors, they really have no compassion what so ever unless they have been through what we are going through.. Otherwise they don't get it, other answer to the no proven research that bhrt works its all crap, just blows my mind, they are stuck into there robotic ways of this is what I was taught in college and this is the medicine proven to work this is what I will give you and anything else I'm going to put my blinders on and not hear you... What a waste of time! Maybe just maybe she thinks symptoms haven't hit her yet but could still be delayed and around the corner for her.. One could only hope 😁😁😁 and yes got my referrals and got out of there quick...
sharcerv52408 Gypsy014
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That is so sad. I'm so sorry that you had to experience that insensitivity. I hope you can find a new doctor. No one should have to deal with that attitude. Whatever happened to good bedside manner?