How do you get doctors to take you seriously?

Yes. Realize right off the bat that your doctor is a power hungry a$$ with a god complex, and transfer to a female doctor.

That's what I did. My male doctor misdiagnosed me twice, and the second time sent me to a surgeon for an unnecessary surgery, and then made me CRY in his office because he didn't want to test me for h pylori...which it turns out I DID HAVE...and they took out my gall bladder instead of fixing what I actually HAD the first time.

He also diagnosed my shoulder pain as bursitis, which is not fixable...and THAT turned out to be arthritis which required cortisone shots and surgery....but because of his a$$iness I waited around for seven years in pain and getting into car accidents because I couldn't turn my neck, before being treated, thinking I was untreatable.