But the day you find a specialist that immediately gets you is glorious, just hope there is medication/treatment for it tho.

Yeah I can see my wife feeling like this. Or wanting me to feel it. Its funny because if she just had to deal with one. One symptom. It would not be so bad. Maybe even a few. Its all of them combined that it really gets tough especially since each doctor is like. No. We deal with this one in isolation and we need a separate appointment for others or you have to go to another specialist.

And then prescribe them "severe anxiety—second opinion and treatment"

Currently on year 5 of a chronic injury that doctors have basically given up on and sent me to physical therapy for. I'm a year into that with little to no results. Eventually they'll give up on that and send me to a specialist that shoves a very large needle deep into me every 2-3 months to inject numbing agent to just permanently numb it for the rest of my life.

I can't tell you how many times I've imagined temporarily transferring the pain to the doctors or my friends/family so they can just fucking understand. Or how many times I've considered blowing my brains out.

Enjoy your body while it's young, folks. You'll come to hate it eventually.

Oh, the doctors would immediately prescribe themselves vicodin.

Yup, when I asked my doctor about my neuropathy (or fibromyalgia but he says fibromyalgia does not exist) and what it means he said “nerve pain”. I asked about both and what they are caused by. His reply was really have no idea but so many people have it we have given it these names to shut them up. Even had one brianlet doctor say well you know your pain is all in your head. Um, what the hell?

They have no fucking clue on a real treatment. They prescribe anticonvulsants, antidepressants, and topical pain relievers like shit against the wall to see if it sticks. I am still suffering side effects from those drugs to this day and they provided zero relief. I even had 12 needles in my back once a week for 6 months. I replaced that with Baclofen once or twice a week.

The only thing that works for me is opiates which I do not particularly like (I have no addiction issues, guess I am like Larry Flint) and they have such a stigma attached to them that it sucks. Damn ignorant druggists adding naloxone to my prescriptions even though my history shows I have been using it safely off and on for almost 10 years now or other doctors screaming it’s addictive etc etc.

Read the room Mr. Doctor I have a medical issue of which you have no idea how to treat and I am almost 70 yrs old who can’t walk more than 2 metres. I am no longer in the work force. Why would it matter even if I even did have a severe addiction, not like I am going run out and start breaking into houses or head back for the work force. If I did not have them I would not be able to walk at all.

Having them empathize is non existent these days