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I’m seeing PT specifically for my unstable dominant shoulder, dislocations have torn the rotator cuff I guess. This woman does the most rushed Beighton Score on me without even giving me a heads up, like genuinely just bending everything backwards and around etc. A few min later she asks me a question about my pain and cuts me off in the middle of my sentence and says “yeah I’m actually not sure you even have EDS, but you’re definitely hypermobile”….like girl how else would you be able to tell if you’re admitting I’m hypermobile and there’s so many other things that go into an EDS diagnosis that you’d have no way of knowing??? My heart seriously dropped and I was admittedly standoffish the rest of the appointment. She said something about it again briefly later in the appointment and I did say something like “well there’s years of medical history that you’re not seeing, so.” Just so freaking infuriating and doesn’t make me want to trust her with my care at all. They’re one of the only offices covered by my insurance in my area so I’m going to stick it out as long as I can, but god it pissed me off.

hi everyone, I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, I just wanted to vent to folks who would understand. let me start by saying my life has been nothing but big changes for the past couple years. I got diagnosed with several chronic illnesses, got divorced, moved states, got off birth control, started new meds, and went back to school all since 2024. it'd been 8 years of being on hormonal BC and I felt like it was starting to really take a toll on me. as mentioned, I have lots of other health problems and I felt like my IUD slipping out of place and causing me excruciating pain twice was just too much to handle on top of everything else. I also just started a new SSRI. so as you can imagine, I'm a mess right now. I'm 26 but I swear I feel like I'm going through menopause (sorry if that's insensitive in any way I genuinely don't mean to be, I just don't have better words for it). I'm constantly overheated, overstimulated, angry, and sad all at once. I cry over everything at the drop of a hat. also in the past couple years I've gained probably 40 lbs, which I try very hard to be okay with, but I used to struggle with an ED, so it's really hard sometimes. I'm in a great stable relationship now but between my horrible self image and my mood swings, I just cannot imagine that I'm a good partner right now. I truly just feel like I can never get a handle on myself, physically mentally or emotionally. it's always something. I'm sure a lot of female bodied people can understand this since the healthcare system doesn't seem to give a shit about us, but it's just become exhausting and I'm at a loss. I'm throwing my hands up and basically begging for advice or kind words of encouragement. I'm without friends in my new state and I guess I just need some "girl" talk (all genders welcome, I hope you know what I mean lol). TIA and sorry for the mess of text.