Dismissed by family doctor
I have been on Sertraline for the past year and a half, and it has completely changed my life for the better.
I’m back in my home country and ended up in the hospital due to a stomach infection. The doctor taking care of me is very close to the family, he was my pediatrician when I was younger. I have always trusted him but he just shattered that trust…
I decided to ask him if it was ok for me to take my medication as usual in case it might be too strong for my stomach right now I would just end up throwing up again. Let’s just say it went horribly….
He asked me what type of medication and when I told him he said “why are you taking that?” And I was like “mmm because I need it?…”. He ended up basically telling me “the body doesn’t need sertraline, why are you taking those things. At your age? What? Every time something happens or goes wrong you’re gonna get depressed? Life like that and we just keep going….. no, don’t be taking those things”…
Idk I just felt so awkward, I never expected any of that from him…. All he had to do was be like “oh sure” or “oh, that’s a little strong maybe when you get better”. I felt so uncomfortable and invalidated….like you don’t know my life!? You are supposed to be a doctor, therefore you should know I had to take therapy and go to a psychiatrist (who I keep up with on my dose/progress) in order to be taking that medication!!!! WTF, ugh
Already felt like shit physically and now emotionally too…