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Is this normal for doctors (see below)?

She says she's willing to take me on if I keep to a number of things including scrapping all my 'preconceived ideas about what's wrong with me,' going off my current prescription and going through months of testing just to see if I really have migraines. And more batteries of tests to see if I actually have seizures. I already have a diagnosis of migraines and a 'provisional diagnosis' of seizures after EEG's confirmed them years ago. I also have a diagnosis of vasovagal syncope. I would also have to totally comply with everything she told me.
curiosi · 61-69, F Best Comment
Normal yes, right? I don't think so. Lots of doctor's own labs and order tests to keep the traffic flowing to those labs, then there is the kick backs from big pharma, some give bigger rewards for prescribing THEIR drugs, there is also billable hours as you would have to return to the office many times. Bottom line you would be a high profit patient. Doctors also don't want to cure a a patient cured is a customer lost.

robb65 · 56-60, M
Here's what bugs me, we aren't talking about your "preconceived ideas" we are talking about migraines that you've been diagnosed with, and seizures that medical test seem to confirm you've had.
Now maybe, if your current treatment isn't working and if she sees something in your records that could indicate the previous diagnosis was wrong, then just maybe more test are in order. But what I'm reading sounds like she doesn't really have any new ideas, but rather wants to use you as a guinea pig. I would definitely be getting another opinion.
SW-User
It seems like she believes that you have been misdiagnosed and she wants to explore your symptoms more thoroughly..

It's up to you.. have you found relief from your symptoms under your current course of treatment?
purplepen · 51-55, F
@SW-User Yes, but my current dr is retiring.
SW-User
@purplepen
Ask your current doctor to make a recommendation
purplepen · 51-55, F
@SW-User Thank you. He put a note in my file so that they would keep me on the same seizure medicine.
SW-User
Find another doctor
SageWanderer · 70-79, M
It would be hard for me if the current treatment plan is working for me. If it’s not then maybe a change is in order. Medicine is constantly evolving. That’s why it’s called the practice of medicine. Practice until you get it right.
TheShanachie · 61-69, M
I’m torn here, she may actually be a fantastic doctor and on the right track.i would have to know more about what she wants to put you on compared to what you’ve been on.
purplepen · 51-55, F
@TheShanachie She might be fantastic for some patients.
in10RjFox · M
I have read other's opinion here that she could be scamming you.. But at the end of the day it is your health.

But it is normal. It is a good idea to start afresh especially since you are not cured. You may have been on medication for many years.. and body builds resistance to it. So a study is possible only when medications are stopped. You could have been hooked to a few medications without necessity. But in some cases the diagnosis can also be wrong.. But can be corrected if diagnosed early.

But they are also right. We are under the mercy of medical industry. But at the end of the day our suffering is with us.
Those are the very reasons I stopped seeing a new doctor, I don't make the kind of money they do for all those tests that I already had,
StevetheSleeve · 31-35, M
That doesn’t sound right.
TexChik · F
Holistic doc?
purplepen · 51-55, F
@TexChik No. Good guess though.
tenente · 100+, M
who is this doctor? feels like she's scamming you
purplepen · 51-55, F
@tenente She is a doctor I enquired about through a friend who sees her. He says she's wonderful and a great doctor, but her system of jumping through hoops wouldn't work for me. I can't stop functioning just to go off my current medicine and take batteries of tests for what would amount to a year or two at least.

 
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