Do You Think Having Access To The Internet Hurts Medical Care?

No, I feel that way too. As I have been to different doctors in order to get a different treatment. The pain doctor here tells me I need to sit on my bum and not get up. To be in a wheelchair for long walks. I am 45 I am not ready to sit down yet. So, I deal with the pain. As gabapentin doesn't work like it used to. he seemed too dismissive and didn't want to listen. Says my normal doctor can treat me as he feels he can do nothing for me. It sucks. Which I don't see for another5 months. I will be out of meds by then.

The high cost of going to the doctor means I must look elsewhere and ask friends and family before I go to the doctor. When my friends and family all say get to the doctor, then I'm going even, if I don't think its serious. Many people including me can't afford to go and have the doctor say go to bed and drink plenty of water. The bill to hear this news is costly.

I am confused as to what really is the concern here .

No I don't think you are the only one my friend. It is sure hard to talk to the medical profession anymore that is for sure. Seems they are dense.

My Family doctor is a resident at our local hospital and these young doctors are always open to new ideas, it is what I love about them. I agree, some doctors think they are God and how dare you question them, when that happens it is time to change doctors.

I do not think Docors do as much as they used to anymore. When I got my last physical the Doctor did not even listen to my heart.

Fortunately, I don't deal with medical professionals on a regular basis. I don't tend to have a big problem with them fortunately.

Most Doctors and pharmaceutical companies have one common goal. They go hand in hand for money. The sour soup alone is a foolish thing for them, and I believe this explains it all.

No you're not the only one feeling that way. Yes there is a lot of information and possibly misinformation on the Internet. But a doctor is still a doctor and a nurse is a still a nurse. Their know their job and they know what they are required to do. As for the patients? Just because a patient is difficult and doesn't agree with the medical advice they're being given doesn't mean the medical practitioners shouldn't still do what they know they're supposed to do! They don't need to be whining like they never dealt with a disagreeable patient before. One of my brothers got sick one time when he was out of town. He was taken to emergency. The doctors advised not to leave the hospital so they could take care of him. Do you think he listened to them? NO! He was sick and he wanted to be near his home and his family, and in a hospital that he knew and he was familiar with. So he left! AMA . Against medical advice! What were they going to do? Tie him down to the bed? By the grace of God he made it back home and checked himself into the local hospital for treatment. This happened before there was an Internet! Internet has nothing to do with hard-headed patients. If the patient is still conscious, can still speak, and can still manage to get up and move, the final decision rests with them!

I think we've become a nation of hypochondriacs. I'm a hypochondriac, but all I had was my mom saying, "what's wrong?" every time I sneezed or coughed. Today, we have the internet ("that headache could be meningitis!!!!!") and news blurbs ("a new report says blah blah blah," and in 10 seconds with no real explanation the seed is planted in someone's mind) AND most significantly, pharmaceutical commercials (the one I'm seeing a lot during the NCAA tournament is for opioids-induced constipation....seriously?????). I remember when I told the psychologist in the Navy what my mom had indoctrinated me in (if I'm coughing there's got to be a reason for it!) and that was considered "hypochondria." Now that's the way the pharmaceutical companies and internet and media are indoctrinating people, and it's "normal." My doctor says she's amazed that I'm not in the office asking for stronger pain pills (I live on Tylenol and lidocaine patches for my chronic pains). I don't want to be addicted...and apparently, I'm becoming the exception to the rule in the US. And, yes, I think the "do-it-yourself diagnosis" mentality available on the internet is partly responsible.

Not all old doctors stick only to what they learned decades ago. You have to find doctors who go to seminars and learn new things. Not all young doctors are good only because they've learnt the latest research results. Experience comes with time and is very valuable.

I don't understand the problem. People don't go to physicians anymore?

You bring up a very good point. Hyperacusis is fairly new and many doctors don't know how to treat it, never heard of it and dangerously try to toss prescriptions at it. Either pills for helping one sleep which one could get addicted too. Anti- Depression pills because you're not social, which is due to the fact that socializing does cause extreme pain with this condition. And that's just one condition. Doctors don't like it when patients say something isn't working and they don't want to be questioned they take offense. I fired my ENT and got a new one who diagnosed me and fixed a problem the other doctor caused. It feels great when you get a "good" doctor. My advice, be clear on "what is wrong" "your concerns" and "what you expect out of your care" I work with FIVE doctors who are amazing and it all happened because I won't take no for an answer or settle for "let's try this". Doctors need to learn to cure patients again and if you can't, to listen to your needs in order to manage your ongoing condition effectively.

What I can say is the internet is very helpful if I want to know something about a medical issue - but I would still visit the dooctor.