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Referral Appointment (Clueless???)

BuddhaFish

Hey,

I'm currently self-diagnosed (found out about research into how females present differently than males about 18 months ago and basically all the symptoms clicked with me) but have recently made an appointment to try and get a referral.

  I literally have no idea what to ask/ say in my referral appointment. I'm a 19 year old girl and had no option other than to make an appointment with a male GP.

 Any help would be well appreciated!

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  • So, the doctor was the most patronising person I've ever met. I took a list of symptoms, two tests I'd completed, and he wasn't the least bit interested.

     I told him it would be good if he could look at what I'd written down because it would explain it better than I could verbally, because I was very nervous. He ignored this completely.

     He told me I 'shouldn't look at the internet' because it makes people paranoid, and that I couldn't possibly be autistic because a) I would have been diagnosed as a child, and b) having talked to me for the last 3 minutes he could tell that I wasn't autistic because he's "treated autistic patients before" and he "knows what they're like and how they talk".

     He did refer me, but for an anxiety disorder. And not before questioning me extensively about my body image to try and refer me for an eating disorder. (Because obviously! I'm a woman, so that must be the root of all my problems!!!)

    Couldn't really respond because I was so angry/ confused. Just responded with lots of "Yes. No. Yes."

    Just got home, punched a wall lots, now have a swollen hand. Great stuff.

    Any thoughts?

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  • So, the doctor was the most patronising person I've ever met. I took a list of symptoms, two tests I'd completed, and he wasn't the least bit interested.

     I told him it would be good if he could look at what I'd written down because it would explain it better than I could verbally, because I was very nervous. He ignored this completely.

     He told me I 'shouldn't look at the internet' because it makes people paranoid, and that I couldn't possibly be autistic because a) I would have been diagnosed as a child, and b) having talked to me for the last 3 minutes he could tell that I wasn't autistic because he's "treated autistic patients before" and he "knows what they're like and how they talk".

     He did refer me, but for an anxiety disorder. And not before questioning me extensively about my body image to try and refer me for an eating disorder. (Because obviously! I'm a woman, so that must be the root of all my problems!!!)

    Couldn't really respond because I was so angry/ confused. Just responded with lots of "Yes. No. Yes."

    Just got home, punched a wall lots, now have a swollen hand. Great stuff.

    Any thoughts?

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