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Posted by cubic_me on April 15, 2005, at 10:00:34
I just went to the GP for a prescription (I can't seem to get an appt with pdoc), I hadn't met this particular GP before, and although her fashion sense was a little bit odd, she seems nice and kind. Unlike any of the others I've seen in the past year she asked loads of questions (all the usual, and very appropriate, I just wasn't expecting them).
Compared to how I have been, I didn't feel particularly depressed before I went in, but I came out feeling awful, similar to how I feel after group therapy, but worse. I hope I don't do that to people when I'm a doctor! OK, so I probably feel this way because she brough up issues I don't really want to think or talk about, and that's probably good for me, but I still don't like it.
Also, does anyone else get stupidly nervous when they are in the doctor's waiting room? I get nervous even if I'm just going for some creme for a rash or something, and I'm not an anxious person normally.
Posted by PM80 on April 15, 2005, at 14:06:43
In reply to Drs make me feel depressed, posted by cubic_me on April 15, 2005, at 10:00:34
Tons of people do! Just think of all those people whose blood pressure reflects the doctor's-office-effect. High only at the doc's office, but not high otherwise because of their own anxiety.
Posted by pegasus on April 15, 2005, at 15:19:08
In reply to Drs make me feel depressed, posted by cubic_me on April 15, 2005, at 10:00:34
oh, yeah. i definitely feel that way about doctors, too. i think it's from having so many negative experiences with medical care over the years. and for me it extends to dentists and folks like that. i have to plan my day carefully if i plan to see a Dr.
pegasus
Posted by Tamar on April 15, 2005, at 16:46:48
In reply to Re: Drs make me feel depressed, posted by pegasus on April 15, 2005, at 15:19:08
I usually feel very anxious about seeing a doctor. I assume it's because I have an illness, and seeing a doctor forces me to confront the reality of it. And it's even worse when they ask questions - it feels like a test. Will I pass or will I fail? Argh!
Posted by Tamar on April 15, 2005, at 16:47:41
In reply to Re: Drs make me feel depressed » pegasus, posted by Tamar on April 15, 2005, at 16:46:48
Posted by Poet on April 15, 2005, at 21:52:23
In reply to Drs make me feel depressed, posted by cubic_me on April 15, 2005, at 10:00:34
Hi cubic_me,
I get nervous in the waiting room, alone in the exam room waiting for the doctor it's even worse. Those few minutes seem to go forever as I nervously wait for that knock on the door that makes me jump each and every time.
Poet
Posted by bimini on April 15, 2005, at 22:44:16
In reply to Drs make me feel depressed, posted by cubic_me on April 15, 2005, at 10:00:34
I have fallen asleep on the exam table before, but most of my Docs just piss me off, I leave angry for going.
bimini
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