Interesting - my T and I spent 90 minutes on this very issue a couple of weeks ago. I have several health issues that maybe should go to the doctors, but I'm not taking them. My thinking is that I need to stay away for several years, so that when I do eventually go, they might believe me.
I know there are several issues for me.
T has actually offered to go with me the the GP. This is unheard of for an NHS psychologist based in a different town from my GP.
This is a bit of a ramble, the only useful thing I have to say is
I know there are several issues for me.
- I don't trust my judgement about what is real . Am I actually experiencing pain? Even where there are lumps to show - in three places, I wonder if they are much smaller than I think they are.
- I don't trust my judgement about what matters. I realise more and more that my mother lived a long way from reality when I was a child. Medically I had to juggle her belief that I had TB ( I didn't, but she endlessly took me to doctors for that) against her refusal to take me for actual illnesses. As a result I have no basis to know what merits a trip to the GP
- I don't expect to be believed when I ask for help - so many examples - I clearly ask wrong so shouldn't ask at all
- I have had experience of my current GPs putting a physical health condition down to my mental health and refusing to investigate, and of them not treating a diagnosed health condition as it might affect my mental health.
T has actually offered to go with me the the GP. This is unheard of for an NHS psychologist based in a different town from my GP.
This is a bit of a ramble, the only useful thing I have to say is
Could you go back to the doctor and ask how you should manage those symptoms? It would show that you want to be active in dealing with this, and act as reminder that you have no resolution.
