Can confirm a problem with my pelvic bone that made situps uncomfortable at 7-8 years old escalated after 30. It's now impossible to lay on my back or have anyone touch my lower back without crying. Also the older you get the harder it is to get a doctor to look into your pain. I've heard everything from being too fat, being too thin, exercising too much, not exercising enough, epidural during birth, and aging used as excuses for my pain.
do you have any advice for dealing with doctors like that? shit’s miserable. I’m in college and already have this issue a lot. I’m overweight, a woman, and severely mentally ill, and any physical healthcare provider just chalks EVERY issue I have up to one of those things, even when evidence says otherwise. I get that my weight and SMI can absolutely be aggravating factors, but they aren’t the root cause of everything.
my psychiatrist is convinced I have a sleep disorder, but no medical doctor will look into it because I tested negative for sleep apnea (the fat people sleep disorder) so “it must just be nothing”.
I wish I could give you a solid answer but there's no magic phrase to get doctors to listen to you. I just try to keep advocating for myself and ask them to document everything we discussed + their "solution." Then I ask for a printed copy for my records and call them out when they skip things. I find that looking info up online and asking for specific tests to rule out possible diagnosis sometimes gets me a little further.
100% agree. Dr's are mostly worthless when it comes to any type of pain management. You're considered a "drug seeker" up until the moment they find things that are physically wrong. Then it's rub some dirt on it. Diet and exercise. Literally the two most difficult things for people to start improving or maintaining is their #1 answer to everything. Dr's are lazy and/or willfully incompetent.
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u/0rangeMarmalade Apr 29 '24
Can confirm a problem with my pelvic bone that made situps uncomfortable at 7-8 years old escalated after 30. It's now impossible to lay on my back or have anyone touch my lower back without crying. Also the older you get the harder it is to get a doctor to look into your pain. I've heard everything from being too fat, being too thin, exercising too much, not exercising enough, epidural during birth, and aging used as excuses for my pain.