Do any other #ActuallyAutistic, especially also #ChronicIllness folks get that nagging worry when you didn’t communicate well enough to a Dr?
After a Dr told me yesterday I didn’t fit criteria for something & I looked it up and thought actually I did, I commented to D I hadn’t even been asked one of the criteria.
D said he did ask but it seems he phrased it in a way that made me assume he meant something specific that wasn’t happening.
He also asked if I get dry eyes and mouth. I said my eyes have always been dry to the point I can’t wear contacts. I also have a really dry mouth but he’d already moved on to another question and I didn’t want to interrupt.
@Troggie I’m always weary of people in positions of authority who steamroll you in information exchanges.
If a doctor asks me questions and doesn’t give any information back as to what my answers might mean medically, I always think that they have a preconceived decision of what condition my health is in and are trying to get the correct paperwork done to support their decision. Doesn’t do anything for my confidence in them.
I don’t want to go into NT vs Autistic in this regard because I talked to many neurotypical but skeptically minded people who can actually base their decisions on available data but many people just go by their gut feelings and try to fit the world to their ideas. We’re used to politicians and bureaucrats behaving that way but we don’t expect that from doctors. Many of them absolutely do that all the time.