Give up or not?

Hi all Sorry ahead this is a long one~~I went to the doctor about 4-5 weeks ago...mind you I have not went to the doctor besides for a pregnancy test about 2 years ago and a couple visits that ended up needing to have my gall bladder removed for at least 3 or more years so I don't just go to the doc. all the time. I have never been on meds for my anxiety...at one point they gave them to me lasted about a week and I stopped this was several years ago also. Anyway fast forward back to now...try to make it short...basically i went to the doc because in the last 9 months or so there is a little spot in my neck that when i turn my neck right makes a little pop..no pain with it and i feel a little bulge or something in there i can move around well 2 months or so ago we were all sick and i was looking in my sons throat akward position and it popped this time pain accompanied it. I waited about 4 weeks to go to the doc who said it was a pulled strap muscle~1 week later meds werent helping and i noticed a seperate thing going on with food in my chest...that to has happened a couple times prior to this but never mentioned it...well my doc sent me to ent...gave me prednisone for my neck said it was tendonitis and sent me for a swallow test that showed slight gerd~went back to the doc for meds for that....The pred. made the pain in my neck go away but i could still feel the little knot bulgy thing in there if I checked for it~ The doc didnt feel it at the time...It like buries itself sometimes...anyway after pred. the pain came back..its'a an ache especially weird that i feel that little bulgy bump thing. Yes I am nerved up but I went back to my doc.office to see my doc. Only my 3rd ever visit with her cause the other doc I saw left the building. Told her how I was feeling and all she said was she was going to up my anxiety meds! No tests, nothing. She was very rude to me. I have never felt this way towards a doc. At one point she even pointed to the door and said if I wanted to go somewhere else feel free. I never even went to her for my anxiety but thats all she wanted to talk about at the visits it seemed. She said nothing was wrong with me. I couldnt even finish telling her how i was feeling and she cut me off. I realize I have anxiety issues but I am not crazy, I know what my body feels and I don't come to you with every little thing thats wrong. All I wanted ws a cbc and/or something to look at my neck in that area to make sure we aren't missing something. Am I being unreasonable? How she talked to me I don't even feel like I can ever tell her any of my complaints because I don't feel she wants to hear it. Wow this is so long...and I know I left out things still. I just was trying to put the whole pic out there. My 9 year old daughter even asked to leave the room because she felt uncomfortable on how the doctor was talking to me. Should I give up on finding out more about my neck or be persistent? It ached last night and at one point a little pain in my ear...I don't like that I feel that little bulgy thing. =( She said that little bulge could be a lymph node also....well then isn't that weird that I have felt this little pop there before and this time it hurt and my neck is still aching....close to two months later..it aches more in the afternoon and evening. I really don't even feel like I can go back to her. The things she said and how she said then were rude. During the visit she had to leave to deal with something else, was gone for at least 15 min...when she came back I didn't remember everything I had told her and I didn't want to leave something out so apparently I repeated myself and she said I was arguing with her and telling her the same things over? I am such a nice person...she made me feel really "little" so to speak.

Hi giggle and welcome!

First of all, no apologies needed...you post was great and provided the information that is needed to get your full story. (I would rather read a post that is longer, than one that doesn't give enough details and leaves me guessing!)

I am sorry to hear of your neck problems and the resulting frustration in not getting the answers that you need. It is not uncommon for those with anxiety on their 'permanent record' so to speak...to get the big blow-off sometimes.

That is not to say that the whole medical community is like this...and you can see how some doctors would get impatient after awhile...but you should not have to put up with this type of treatment.

I suggest when this happens, that members see a new doctor, and leave out the fact that they deal with anxiety issues...because let's face it...sometimes it is actually something physical that needs attention.

Have you considered, or is it possible for you to see a chiropractor? If it is a muscular/soft tissue/alignment problem, then he/she could dx and address the issue for you. If it is something else, then you could go ahead and look for your next MD...as you will probably want to fire your current one? ;p

I hope that you get the answers that you need soon, so that you can feel better...and don't give up on this, your well being is too important.:)

Glad that you joined us...good to see you responding to threads, and post anytime!

S.C.

I am not taking any meds....about 7 or 8 years ago I was put on paxil and xanax but stopped taking them shortly after I started. When I went to the doctor about 6 weeks ago she automatically wanted to put me on some. It was my first visit with her, my reg doctor left the office so I had to see her. I went to her for the neck pain and a little bulgy lump that is hard to find in there...and at the end of the visit she must have noticed that 7 or 8 years ago I had been put on anxiety meds so she just brought it up. I told her I handle it on my own and do fine. She replied so you live a normal daily life....I said well I dont like to travel and this constant ache probably nerves me up a lilttle but I am fine.....then ever since then it's all about anxiety!