Hey Doctors: Why Do You Say Anxiety Instead of “I Don’t Know”?
Question by all work and no play: Hey doctors: why do you say anxiety instead of “I don’t know”?
Why do doctors feel they can get away with not doing their job by diagnosing anxiety in patients they’ve just met without any medical testing? I feel a lot of cancers and serious conditions are overlooked for years because western medicine is so shitty that it teaches doctors it’s okay to, instead of doing their job and looking for medical causes to complex physiological problems, say “your symptoms are made up.” Anxiety may be real and may cause real-feeling symptoms for a select group of people, but I feel a MAJORITY of people diagnosed with anxiety by general practitioners are incorrectly diagnosed because they’re lazy and don’t want to do real f-ing doctor work.
Why are general practitioners even ALLOWED to give patients anti-anxiety drugs? There’s a complex psychological working involved that MDs don’t study in school the way psychologists do. I don’t even think they should be allowed to make diagnoses like that without referral to a psychological specialist.
It’s just frustrating that you see horror-story time and time again of doctors saying “anxiety” or “IBS” or some bullsh*t answer (yes, they almost always are bullsh*t–equates to “I don’t know and I don’t care”).
Do you think doctors should EARN their porsches and practice real medicine? Or can anyone join a frat and get a college medical degree just to become a mediocre flu-shot applicator for the elderly?
Is this just ultimately harmful, a known BS answer to real problems that may be obscure and a way for doctors to scheme their way out of making a real diagnosis, or just flat out saying “I don’t know”?
I’d rather have no diagnosis than a wrong one. And I would stake my life on the fact that the doctors who say anxiety have no freaking clue what they’re talking about. They just want to look like they’re earning their fees (when they aren’t doing the research or hard work with their patients), so they give a diagnosis to make you feel better. To me it’s a blanket statement–probably 100% of people have “anxiety”–it’s a stressful world out there. So anyone could technically be diagnosed with this vague overarching “condition.” Like I said, could be real for some people, not real for most who are just shuffled out the door with Xanax.
What do you think? Maybe hard work and actual ingenuity and intelligence beyond treating the common cold would solve more problems?
Best answer:
Answer by creed
rather than you making a ‘blanket statement’ about what the doctors mean when they say that to you..I would suggest asking them, or asking them to actually tell you what their treatment plan is, or get a medical degree yourself;; one thing you didn’t associate, in which you should,..their diagnosis of anxiety, is just that…get that taken care of,..there are many disorders that can arise from anxiety..you are just @ a level where it has not given you specific sx’s to diagnose you with the next disorder you will accumulate because of the anxiety..you can also refer yourself to a psychologist IF that’s what you feel will help you…again, your sx’s now may actually lead into something further down the road if you don’t get a handle on your stress…esp when talking the immune system..& btw, the internet will not get you well educated for a medical degree..good luck, hope things get better for you..but , if you are not satisfied with your doc, either request a more specific diagnosis (& remember that he’s also not gonna make things up), or change to a doc you are more compatible with…but don’t assume they don’t know what they are talking about just because you don’t…again, & sincerely, good luck..but there are things out there too, that are not common, & do leave some doc’s perplexed..but then they usually refer you to someone who can help you…there are PLENTY of patients per doc’s out there..they usually aren’t truly looking for more…
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