Hi Carla Maria,
You quoted my post from July 4th but didn't make any comment???
Bear - What I wanted the doctors to do through all those years was to actually listen to what I was saying and then think outside of the boxes they work in. I told them about dodgy periods, and post natal depression and that my problems started a puberty.
That as a small child I had been given continuous antibiotics for tonsillitis (ended with rheumatic fever at 12 - was that a coincidence either.. I don't think so!) I often said that I thought that the antibiotics had upset the system but they laughed. Now there is a proven link between gut health and depression - I was way ahead if my time
What upsets me about doctors and women's health is that they are so dismissive of what we say. They just reach for AD's or counselling or don't use the full range of tests to check us over. They just tick box and don't use any real diagnostic skills. If ti doesn't fit something first time round they assume it's our imagination. If you have continuous problems - logic says it must be down to something - my question was always "can you use the information I have given together your own (supposed) skills to find out what is wrong and put it right" but to be honest most are too lazy or lacking in knowledge to try and work it out.
