And unfortunately not uncommon.

We always hear about how overtaxed the medical system is, but I think that's a cop-out. If doctors could shift their mindset to: a) believe women's health complaints, b) order more specific tests (insulin resistance, ferritin, thyroid), and c) consider the links between physical symptoms and emotional trauma, it would probably SAVE time and be much more efficient in the long run.

Anyway, sending well wishes to you as you continue to navigate this broken system. You're not alone!

Self advocation is key. So many symptoms are similar with many conditions & it takes a sharp health practitioner to divine the real issues. If you don’t feel right there is a reason for it. Good on you for hanging in there to get to the cause & the truth with someone who actually listened to you.

I understand your frustration! Particularly for women who are routinely subjected to medical gaslighting (it’s all in your head dear), and they’ll send you for blood tests for hormones, and they always come back in the “normal” range. But “normal” doesn’t mean you’re fine! There’s a big difference between testing in that range and actually being in the optimal range. It’s like saying that you’re financially alright because you’re earning an average salary, without factoring in that averages include very high and very low wages. So your tests came back saying the numbers are ok, but you might be one point above the low end or below the high end! Not to mention that BC Medical will not agree to run any further hormonal tests unless your numbers fall outside of that range, even if the doctor has ordered the tests. So you can be clearly suffering because of hormonal imbalances, but unless you can afford to visit private clinics and pay for the tests yourself, you won’t get any help. So instead they’ll help you get on a drug therapy for depression, instead of helping you address what is quite possibly a significant hormone imbalance.

A lot of so-called medical professionals are today little more than drug pushers for big pharma.

Doctors today barely listen to you; instead slotting you into the categories laid out by the drug companies then offering you their alleged solution.

f nothing happens or you get worse then they just move you over to yet another fucked up drug etc. And if you think that a lot of doctors today give a fuck about you and your health, think again.

How about they try having their insides filled with fibroids and see how they feel. Of course you feel like crap and it's effecting your mental health. I suggest you find a decent gynecologist that will be more proactive about dealing with your fibroids. If you don't want any children you may consider having a hysterectomy. Unfortunately it's most often the only full fix for fibroids. Good Luck!

I like my doctor, but boy do they push the “tests”. They receive a fee for every prescription and test, so yes they push these things needlessly onto me.

I remember I went to see them for something (I can’t recall exactly what). The doc suggested I take anti-depressants. And you could feel the air get sucked out of the room with my long pause. I was shocked that they even suggested antidepressants for my headache or hangnail or whatever it was. I told them, “I’m not depressed.” The doc said a side effect would address my headache or hangnail or whatever I had. I felt a mix or shock, disgust, and lost my trust in the Canadian healthcare system right then. Pushing drugs is hardly the answer to health problems. I understand how you feel OP. You, we, all deserve better healthcare.

God Bless you Beautiful OP <3 <3 <3 Amin. I understand your frustration, as I was also in the same predicament for many years of my adult life. No prescribed medication, no psychiatrist, no psychologist, no surgery, no eastern meditation, no naturopathic doctor, no counselling, no 'alternative therapy' (including acupuncture), no doctor, no energy healer, ... nothing could cure my severe depression, severe heartbreak and heartache from being rejected by women I dated, severe anxieties and fears, suicidal thoughts, guilt, shame, anger, bitterness, helplessness, hopelessness, crying daily, self-deprecative thoughts and behaviours, chronic insomnia, addictions to watching pornography obsessively, drinking excess alcoholic drinks, obsessively and chronically eating toxic junk food/junk soft drinks ... nothing could cure my broken mental and emotional state of mind, but Jesus The Christ! I am testimony that what no doctor, no specialist, no 'healer' could cure, Jesus cured. Amin. I wasn't religious, and I fact I used to curse and hate God for the hellish life I had for 50 years of my life. And then I came to realization that this world is the realm of satan, who is the ruler/god (small 'g') of this world. All my medical, physical, emotional, mental 'dis-eases' were caused by satan. Whence I had enough and nearly killed myself by drug overdose, I desperately called out to Jesus by Name, and He Saved me! I am living testimony that Jesus The Christ is Real, He is The Living Son of God, who descended from His Thrown in Heaven at right side of Father God/Yah, to come 'down' upon this lower-dimensional, corrupted, painful, satan-ruled world of suffering, to Save humanity, and to Help us Navigate this cruel world much more peacefully and much more comfortably. Since I was born again about 5 years ago, my life has turned around in a miraculous, beautiful way: I don't have any more suicidal or negative thoughts (from demons), no addictions, no addictions at all, I lost 35lb of excessive body weight, I eat as a healthy poor man would eat, I have deep inner Peace that I never had before, all my guilt and shame and bitterness and anger and resentment and regrets and jealousies and insecurities and hopelessness disappeared to be replace by deep inner Peace and Love, and my reality became stable and much more bearable/ comfortable. bible contains truth! God Bless you <3 <3 <3