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Any man could walk into a doctor’s office with the exact same symptoms as me and any doctor would be falling all over themselves trying to figure out what the fuck was wrong. The words “it’s just anxiety” would never even cross their mind.

But I, a woman, walk through that door and that asshole ignores all my abnormal test results, all my concerns, refuses to even consider the obvious diagnosis that my regular doctor (a woman) as well as multiple family members who are doctors and nurses all agree it likely is. Because “it’s really popular in the internet right now and I think it’s overdiagnosed. You’re just getting anxious because of that.”

BECAUSE THERES MORE INFORMATION NOW AND PEOPLE ARE FINALLY GETTING A FUCKING DIAGNOISIS YOU ABSOLUTE FUCKING ASSHOLE!!! On top of that fact that a lot of people who had covid and got over it are ending up with it! I know what a fucking anxiety or panic attack feels like moron. This ain’t that! I’m literally passing out all the time that is not because of my anxiety. But it makes me pretty fucking anxious to worry if I’m going to randomly pass out while I’m out in public alone.

He literally almost made me pass out in his office while doing his own version of a tilt table test and I kid you not, looked me up and down, stared at my thick thighs for an extra few seconds (I was in shorts and already self conscious) scoffed, and told me I just need to do some squats and lunges and that will fix all my problems.

Wow! Thankyou! You cured my feinting and my atrial fibrillation! You told a girl who is extremely physically active every day all day to do a few squats. I’m sure that’s magically going to fix everything.

I wanted to cry or scream at him by the time I left I was so frustrated.