Medical Gaslighting (Has this happened to You?) with
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- Опубликовано: 2 авг 2022
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Medical gaslighting is a very serious thing that happens in doctor's offices ever day, maybe even your doctor's office. These skits show how you can be belittled and ignored by your doctor and wind up receiving inferior care. Don't be a victim of medical gaslighting, know the warning signs and be ready to speak up or walk out. Tell me your experience in the comments please!
Read the comments to see just how bad some doctors are...
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make sure to watch the bloopers at the end....
Hahaha, yes!
Hi
Dr. Berry is great and Neisha is a special treat.
the bloopers are great !! Love to see you having fun while working & helping us.
Dr. Berry did not look happy when you laughed at the end Neisha. 🤣
My Father always said, "If you're not sick when you go to the Dr. ... you'll be sick when you leave!" Truer words never been spoken!
More scenarios please❣️❣️
Your Dad was a wise man 😂😂
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Yes he was! Thanks!
Every time I see someone in my community going downhill, health wise, relatively quickly, I always say "they must be listening to their doctor"
Literally every time my brother would go into the doctor. Every medication he'd take seemed to make him worse.
Absolutely!!!
It's very rare to find a genuine doctor who actually listens.
They'll listen as long as u go along with what they say & want u to do.
@@kimcarman1279 It seems nearly all of them can't think 'outside the box'. As my own GP admitted, doctors are pill-pushers and that seems to be as far as their education has taken them.
Medical Gaslighting happens ALL THE TIME!!! Thanks for speaking up about it.
I was completely insulted while facing sudden debilitating symptoms severe pain, migraines, food intolerance. My doctor said " what are you making up today? while putting my medical file close to my face." I changed doctor and got "you are princess and the pea." 23 years later was diagnosed with two autoimmune diseases.Thank you so much for doing this video!
Sadly this happens often.
And a lot of women are the ones writing these comments.
Autoimmune issues are the most difficult to pin down. At least I thought so until Addison's Disease came along. Nobody can seem to agree on how to treat it; in fact, most doctors don't even recognize the symptoms.
Their lack of knowledge in the doesn’t make you a liar. Their condescending attitudes are sickening.
Me too oo..
I had a brain bleed after being attacked by my husband and his girlfriend on my on doorstep .
I was gaslit for.24 years before l found out the truth by obtaining medical records!! Presenting with symptoms all this time . This is the law at its worst every aspect of it none will listen to anything you say .gross medical negligence malpractice gaslighting . They should all be stripped of all their glory and thrown to the rubbish as they do to innocent patients .
I have had Type 1 diabetes since age 6, I'm 41 now and have been low carb, mostly carnivore since 2005. I have been gas lighted and told every horrible story you can imagine from doctors, overweight nutritionists and other "professionals." I realized when I was a teenager that they were either trying to kill me or grossly misinformed, so I did my own thing and never looked back.
Fabulous!! Power to patients! 💪🏻
i have experienced exactly what u have. I do my research and they dont seem to like it too much. more power to us.
Fiona. Could we please talk about your diet. My son is 8 years old and recently diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.
They are all incompetent.
Fiona Aedgar Astrologer....Oh how right you are & you realized it when you were a teen. Doctors & (almost) totally useless! Don't listen to a thing I say & do the totally wrong thing for me. I know within two days if a med will work for me & no matter how many times I tell the dr. that he/she sends me home to TRY the med for 6 weeks then to come back to report "how it did"! I could be dead with high blood pressure by 6 weeks...like they care!!!!
I hope doctors are watching this because now they know we know 😆
I've known for years that this is what they do. That's why I don't go to the doctor. I don't trust them. There's one that was good when I went to see an orthopedist for my neck pain that shot down my arm and sometimes made my fingers tingle and even numb at times. Chronic pain for years. I finally had to go see a specialist for that. He took an x-ray. He showed it to me and said I literally had a stiff neck. 😂 No pain killers! He didn't even ask if I wanted any pain killers or not. *All he did was prescribe Physical Therapy!* I just wish I could have gone for a lot longer but insurance only covered 2 weeks of PT. 😣🙄 I got myself a TENS unit as well. I wouldn't have known about those if I didn't have that physical therapy.
And they totally resent us!
@@PattyDalmau a good hc provider doesn’t resent his or her patients. ❤️ There are some out there! 🤗
🏃♂️...... 🦖🦖🦖
They are NOT watching this...they are either at work running hundreds of patients through the system or on the golf coarse
Excellent. Yes I was actually fired as a patient by my cardiologist because I disputed his advice but I did not in any off hand way. I am a retired lawyer so I am attuned to doctors personalities. Countering his insistence on statins was the final straw as he said we needed to part ways as he wrote scrips for statins at least 5 times a day and it’s his medical advice I was rejecting. I had insisted that what I needed was to focus on my high triglyceride levels
Of 169 . I was doing Keto and making progress as I had been above 169. Today it’s 61 and interesting my LDL actually lowered a bit as well , there may be a relationship there I will research it . At any rate the penetration of pharma into medical care is I think a form of silent genocide.
Not a medical person, but here's my research findings: High triglycerides are caused by corn syrup. This is because, unlike sugar, corn syrup is not burned by the mitochondria. Instead, it is processed strictly by the liver.
When you ingest corn syrup (it's in EVERYTHING) the liver converts it to triglycerides because the human body cannot process it any other way. The triglycerides travel through the bloodstream and are then stored as fat. Humans cannot digest corn at all. Corn syrup is a blight...
Hey, statins got me in trouble too; I just stopped taking them and didn;t tell 😁
I got fired by an endocrinologist I was going to strictly to get a shot, nothing else. When I refused to have a video appointment during CoVid, I was fired. (I had a nurse give me the shot.)
Yes I am waiting to be fired by the cardiologist and the primary both because I took charge of my own health. And I took charge of my husbands, I take a medical binder with me that contains both of our medical information, supplements that we take and any meds with a print out of side effects. They look at me like I’m nuts.
it is a crime!
I went to a a endocrinologist right after my 4th child was born because of depression, mood swings, low energy, tenderness on my body, stomach issues and brain fog. The doctors tested my thyroid and said it was fine and gave me a anti depressant. The anti depressant made me feel worse so I stop taking it and just learned how to get through life as a mom and a wife of a firefighter who was gone a lot. I went through 4 years of not feeling well, where things were so hard and spiraling out of control to where I thought, ending my life was the only answer. My husband and I were on the very edge of divorce when I said enough is enough and went to a wellness doctor who finally listened to me, he did a full panel of thyroid testing and discovered I have leaky gut and hosimotos. Because of the lack of compassion and just wanting to get rid of me and shove a anti depressant down my throat to shut me up, I could of lost my marriage or better yet my life because of this.
My mother was the same after I was born. Her periods never restarted. She managed for about 7 years and then really got worse, by my teens we nearly lost her to a mental institution because of her depression and lethargy, on Nardil for years. She managed to get angry and they let her go. Then one day her doctor was behind her in a queue in the bakers, and said, how long have you been like this ? ( oedematous like a hamster with hands like bananas) and she said always. He seemed to see her with new eyes, got her in to take bloods. She was in myxoedemic crisis which you just don’t see these days. Cholesterol through the roof. We nearly lost her. Her heart was shot too, damage to the muscle. I saw it years later on a ct scan, thin walled, filling 2/3 of her chest cavity. Her pituitary had half shut down too, and she was making a toxic form of thyroid. Perhaps that was child speak for too much reverse T3.
But we got her back. She died 2 weeks ago of a sudden heart attack, aged 92, no thanks to any doctor except the guy who did her blood work in hospital!
Of course.... that's what most do.
So F'd up.
I HATE when doctors interrupt me when I’m trying to explain what I’m feeling after they asked me how I’m feeling. If you’re interrupting me, you aren’t listening and if you aren’t listening you can’t possibly properly diagnose me. Patients are humans, not numbers.
I quit a doctor when he wouldn't shake hands with me as a new patient. Man, I'm old school... shake my hand and be a man.
My doc’s office has only 10 minutes per patient time allotted. They have to keep it moooooving.
Here here!
My GP has to look stuff up. I only see her when I have something within her scope, like a sore throat. Otherwise my rhuematologist sees me every 4 mos and keeps tabs on my BP etc.
@@jw6180 Then they aren’t practicing good medicine. They are rushing people in and out - NOT listening and just throwing Rx pills at them. Drs need to step up and say “No, I’m not letting anyone tell me I can only give 10 minutes per patient.” One day, it might be you and I guarantee, you won’t appreciate being treated this way.
I went to a local clinic once for racing thoughts when I go to bed every night. The NP assigned to me diagnosed: possible kidney failure, heart problems, fluid in my lungs and suggested I leave NOW!!! and go straight to the ER. She was really emphatic to point of asking me if I needed an ambulance or to call a family member. Instead I just went home and had my first ever nervous break down. Went to another clinic and the “doctor” laughed, ran a baseline on me, found I was only pre diabetic and overweight. No heart, lung or kidney issues. He put me on a keto diet and totally changed my world. No more racing thoughts, no more diabetes issues and 85 pounds left forever.
Racing thoughts can also indicate a vitamin B1 deficiency. Today's medical personnel frighten me so badly.
Frighten me to!
When a neighbour told me how unwell she felt, I suggested she see her doctor. She replied that she felt much to ill to cope with seeing him!
For 8 years, (at the VA) I complain about my heart and chest not feeling "right". The VA knew I had a bicuspid aortic valve. but NEVER once tested the valve function. Instead, I was diagnosed with "Globus hystericus" and referred to the VA's mental health. After about a year (& several medications later) mental health discharged me saying it was the "symptoms causing anxiety" not "anxiety causing the symptoms". When I brought this up to my PCP she literally starting screaming at me "YOU HAVE A SERIOUS MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE AND IF YOU DON'T ACCEPT THAT I'LL HAVE TO HAVE YOU COMMITED." ... Fast forward a couple of years and my heart valve failed! A private practice surgeon replaced the valve. He got on to me about not having it taken care of sooner, so I told me this story. He rolled his eyes and walked out of my room without another word said.
Gezzuz!
He was ready to have u commited based on his F ego....
Tip of the iceberg. Disgusting.
This is my doctor!! I've given up even going to see him unless absolutely necessary. His constant dismissal of my symptoms is what lead me to you Dr. Berry! So, for that, I am thankful. I was a carb addicted vegetarian for 22 years, obese, cloudy headed, swollen, exhausted, heart palpitations and in perimenopause. I have ditched the carbs, reintroduced meat to my diet and do intermittent fasting. I feel soooo much better! Thank you Dr. Berry for caring about us ☺️
Your story sounds like mine. Thanks to Dr. Berry and Nurse Neisha
I once had a Dr say to me "Do you have a medical degree?" when I was trying to explain things from my perspective and my research. Asshat.
In 2008 My 86 year old mom had a very bad reaction to a couple of drugs her doctor gave her and she went code blue meaning she was dead and revived. Four doctors told her she was a waste of resources and should just give up. I got her out of there and she lived five more quality years until the age of 91. I remember many sunny 1/2 mile walks with her during that time which we never would have otherwise enjoyed together. Her hearing and vision were better than mine.
She had diabetes and as she got older, she grew more confused about how to operate the glucose testing equipment. Her doctor was changing her glucose tester every two months for no reason at all except perhaps because he received some kind of reward for the endless product promotions. People on medicare are not generally too discriminating about medical expenses. Big pharma knows it and milks the arrangement to the maximum. How many times can you "improve" a simple testing device? As soon as she got the hang of one they would assign her another and she had no choice as the test strips which medicare would pay for only worked with the new model. She finally gave up on testing and allowed her glucose to continue unmonitored, and gave up on taking her insulin. It wasn't long before her kidneys, already damaged by the previous bad drug interaction, shut down for good.
Those hospitals are full of people who hate humanity and want to reduce the global population. It is their religion. Evidently they are prepped in public school, their malevolent attitude finished during their advanced medical training.
They especially love to target the old who "suck up" more than their fair share of the "limited resources" as though hospitals don't operate according to profits. A bunch of death loving socialists who refuse to comprehend supply and demand economic principles.
If you want to die, go to a hospital and trust the white labcoat priesthood. The doctors are the high priests, the nurses are the underling clerics. The atmosphere is one of reverence and total submissive trust. They will love you to death there and, with your last breath, you will gush gratitude upon them for trying to save you.
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You write beautifully and I'm so sorry you had to go through this. My father has been prescribed some meds that seem to be causing the symptoms he is now complaining about the most. You've expressed my sentiments exactly.
I just love the "MS Specialists." Those are the ones pushing all the "MS treatments," so I'm more comfortable with a doctor who sees me as a whole person rather than a bunch of symptoms.
I looked up some of these "doctors" on "Dollars for Docs" which confirmed my suspicion of how much they are paid for pushing drugs and supplies. One of the doctors I looked up a more recent time, actually had dropped from $285,000 income to $0. There must have been a good tax attorney involved in order to clear that record. That's my take on it.
Going through this now with my mother in law. Only 78, but in the last year, put on many meds. All the meds make her miserable and sick, but they've convinced her she will die without them. :(
Well said and so many older people trust their Dr. I think Covid really opened my eyes on their true agenda.
Well said! 👏🏾
The whole system is corrupt, starting with the government, medical doctors, hospitals and big pharma!
When my long term amazing PCP retired, his practice was taken over two rotten to the core doctors who had me feeling disrespected and humiliated; and this despite the fact that I am an R.N. I left the office in tears one time, and never went back. It is truly difficult to find a good doctor that listens to you and partners with you in the quest for your best health.
I do not care what his/her problem is, s/he is costing me ~$500. and I expect useful information, if not the actual answers. I expect the doc to be able to *respectfully pay attention* to what I am saying as well, with *no interruptions*.
If you get "the Face" when you mention that you have done some research yourself, then you are dealing with ARROGANCE.
Thank you Dr. Berry for this much-needed video! God Bless you!
I requested a CAC test and my dr said it’s pointless if your LDL is above average. I got it anyways and I got a score of zero which means no plaque build up. My cardiologist took me off the statin as a result.
@Clouder - Fantastic ! 👍
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My cardiologist ordered it for me. He is very good and very proactive. I am blessed to have him.
What is a CAC test?
@@sandraschneider8438 they measure the level of calcification (calcium deposits) in your artiries, thus how likely you may get a heart attack or stroke
At my husbands last cardiologist appointment all she focused on was the fact that he got off statins without her permission! She wouldn’t even read the paper I printed off from your video about statins, saying she only has ten minutes with him and she doesn’t want read that. Not a word about how much his health has improved or the fact that he’s lost 45 pounds.
She was upset because by taking him off the meditation and your husband loosing weight, you cut into her finances. 😂🤣😅
@@EricaNernie And some of them will discharge you from the practice for not following their advice.
Congratulations to him and you! So happy that he is reclaiming his health!
"She" is more worried about her wage than ur husband
@Ingeniator Abderamus when a doctor prescribes something in australia he or she gets a kickback from the chemist - so yes they do ! even if there not supposed to !
This just made me feel very good about my very dad-like, straightforward doctor. "You've been doing everything I tell you and you're making my job boring. Get out of my office."
I’ve always been told my issues were arthritis. I kept fighting and fighting (because I was over 40) even to the point one doc (in the army) threatened me with being a malingerer. I challenged him with an MRI and I finally got it. Yeah, a torn meniscus.
I actually recently did a video myself on the worst abuse I experienced at the hand of a medical professional, but at least it wasn't my actual doctor in that case. It was the nurse who was changing the compression bandages for me after I had surgery to remove diabetic ulcers, formed due to blisters, on both of my feet. My sugars had been really high and one day when she got there I showed how my fasting sugar was 109 that morning and she said, "How did you do it?" all excited like. So I told her the truth: "I fasted all day yesterday and today I've only eaten meat." At which point she tore me a new one about how I would never heal if I didn't eat carbs and how if I didn't eat the diet their nutritionist said I should eat, which included me having to eat 220g of carbs a day, that she would list me as "medically non-compliant" and my insurance would no longer pay for my dressing changes. So I ate the food she demanded and don't think I got my fasting sugar back down under 250 for the next 18 months it took for my feet to heal (all while the surgeon herself pointed out that I needed my sugars under 150 if I wanted to heal properly and that anything over 200 was actively damaging me). My A1C got so high it was unmeasurable at the doctor's office last November.
Anyway, now I'm a full month back on carnivore and feeling great and hoping that I can repair all the damage my blood sugars inflicted on my entire body for those 18 months. And the fact that my next doctor's office visit in September when I get my labs examined, I don't even want to tell him what changed when he sees how my A1C has dropped, tells me all I need to know about how much trust I have in the medical system now. Even though my doctor himself hasn't said anything negative and didn't reject my question about whether keto would work for me when I brought it up (it was just a non-committal, "Well, you can try that" type of response), I just don't think it'll go over well if I tell him I'm carnivore now. I honestly feel more like if he asks, "How did you do this with your labs?" I'm just going to say, "You're the doctor. Shouldn't you already know?" Which I know isn't fair, but when your healthcare tries to kill you, you get kinda jaded.
Part of that problem is the absolute God complexes a lot (#notall) of medical professionals have. They think they know everything and there is zero leeway. 🙄
Whow. I guess you had to go to hell and come back before you learned some good lessons, in part by coming across Dr. Berry's informational videos. Did this happen in the USA? -- I'm from Canada and have found from some observations and experiences with a nurse that nurses more likely can be described as a tank: very capable of handling patients physically, but that's about it: very ignorant, aloof, AND extremely insensitive to even their own body. The nurse I came across years ago had suffered a stroke while on vacation, apparently from dehydration. She was not flexible mentally, very similar to most males who are physically rigid and can't reach their toes with their fingertips. -- I recommended yoga to the nurse.
😒👉 Our medical "profession" is killing people ...
Dang!!!! I'm right up there with you! I'm getting ready to do my video because me and my doctors are struggling over me and my medical incompliance! I found research to back my position
and Im sending out documents to other doctors for a second opinion. Dont stand for it! You FIGHT this , I have sent out information packed emails with supporting research to the top dogs at Scripps Hospital Torrey Pines La Jolla. Some doctors ate backing me, some are angry that I am " rebelling."
I had doctors threatening to take my daughter away because I wouldn't let them do experimental surgeries on her. I stood my ground but it took prayer groups all over the place to get her out of that hospital.
After working over 25 years in the medical profession and losing all my good doctors to either relocation or retirement, I try my very best not to go to anymore. Dr Berry I sure wish your location was closer to me. I would gladly become your patient. I find it is so difficult to find a good doctor. It's like looking for a needle in a haystack. As my nephew who is a recent doctor and lives in a different state told me, "We're not trained to cure patients. We are trained to manage their symptoms." That says it all for the future of medicine.
When I get a new provider, I buy one book at a time, and give them to the provider.
Criteria:. The books must
-Be written by a medical doctor, college professor, research scientist, or other professional because that is who provider recognize.
-Have a reference section listing the research that backs up what book says. Providers are so busy treating so many patients and building relationships with their children and spouse/SOs that providers don't have time to search out the supporting research.
Good books to give to providers:
(1) The Obesity Code, by Jason Fung, MD.
(2) Diabetes Epidemic and You, by Joseph Kraft, MD, MS, FCAP.
(3) The Salt Fix, by James DiNicolantonio, PharmD.
(4) Why We Get Sick, by Benjamin Bikman, PhD.
(5) The Big Fat Surprise, by Nina Teicholz.
(6) The Case Against Sugar, by Gary Taubes.
(7) and other books.
Way too many stories to list here, but this and worse happens entirely too often, especially if you are chronically ill. Dr. Berry, PLEASE do a follow up video about how to find a doctor like you. There are so many desperate, severely ill people that need true help like what you provide. I sincerely thank you. You are helping save lives!
I am looking for a good doctor. As soon as I got on Medicare, the healthcare I receive has been totally inadequate and gaslit.
RUclips would not give me enough space to tell my story about how many times I have been gaslit by doctors in different medical systems, but I have learned to be my own advocate. I now challenge everything.
At age 44 I had been complaining about lack of energy. Told him that I spent Saturdays in bed so I could get to church on Sunday. He said and I quote, “You have 5 kids. Of course you are exhausted.” 6 years later I nearly died. My TSH was 15 and praise God, the hypothyroidism was diagnosed. However, this scene you portrayed is still going on.
I tore the hide off my doctor when he tried that with me.
Everyone told me it was normal to be so tired and feel so bad once you hit your 40s. I would get SO mad. I don't think anyone had any idea how bad I was suffering. People have a tendency to think I'm exaggerating, not just about my health, but just in general.
When they diagnosed my hypothyroidism my TSH was over 40 and my triglycerides were over 1000. I think I was a walking stroke just waiting to happen.
@@HappilyCarnivore those miserable no account doctors! I repeatedly told the dr all my symptoms. His response was that they were all hypothyroid symptoms but my labs were within range. I snarled at him to write the blankety blank prescription before I died.
@@ayo9057 what?! Hope you don't get the man flu.
@@ayo9057 Did you really just say that?
Once I simply asked my doctor if my eczema could be caused by eating gluten. He laughed in my face and then proceeded to say, "no one knows what causes eczema, here's a super strong 3-in-1 cream (steroids, antifungal, antibiotic) you can try. Just make sure to wash your hands well after applying it because it's so strong. The eczema was on my hands. 🤦♀️
😳 wow.
Oh, that makes sense! Not
Just shakin' my head!
Amazing!
That's what I call a MOE-RON
My favorite gaslighting line: "Statins don't cause that." So I stayed on them for nearly 10 years, all the while the doctor offered me more drugs to treat the side effects. A cardiologist even told me that if I didn't get adverse effects on lower dose of statins, then I wouldn't get them at higher doses. I was there to see him about what I later realized was an adverse effect of statins, which neither he nor I realized at the time! Stole my 50s from me. Fortunately, I have my 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s to still enjoy.
Just Rusty...I have trouble with Statins too!!! They were affecting my legs to bad that I could hardly walk anymore! Every time I went to the Dr., he didn't listen to me, just put me on a different Statin! I finally refused to take them anymore! I know I would be in a wheel chair now if I hadn't refused them! We must be our own advocate!!!
I quit taking them after not doing any good, but didn't tell her... My numbers for bad cholesterol were high, but so were my numbers for the good, so I changed my diet and lost weight.
@@judyjudyjudy1841 same thing happened to me. My legs ached so much
Live long, and prosper, Rusty.
@@stephen3073 I Shall Make It So and Engage.
My husband got covid a month ago. I drove him to a “in car” appointment. I caught covid 2 days later. A nurse came out with 2 PCR tests. we declined to take them as we already did home tests and I was starting to have symptoms. I specifically showed her a protocol using ivermectin or HCQ and asked if the practitioner could prescribe it as the studies (multiple ones) says it works prophylactically. We never were even seen by the NP (can’t get a doc in this town). Two days later I called to find out if any prescriptions were written. Was informed we got dexamethasone and a guiffenaissen cough pill. No consultation (considering I know Dex is a steroid). I complained to the management. Was seen a couple of weeks later. Different practitioner came in for my 10 am appointment an hour and a half late. She refused to listen to my concerns about covid drugs. Didn’t ask one single question about my health and informed me she only has 15 min per patient. I fired her on the spot.
after I discovered you, I went to my doctor for a yearly checkup ............. he said I was watchning a witch doctor. LOL he is no longer my doctor. I am 59 years old no medical problems in the past................. I found a wonderful Heart Doctor , I go to him yearly because my family tree is full of heart attacks.
Here's how I was gaslit years ago in 1997. I had a strange looking mole on my right leg. It was red and pearly looking. It had always been a very light tan flat mole but it changed and looked like a bump of some strange kind. Being an RN I knew I needed a biopsy. So I made 2 appointments - one for my PCP for a physical and one with a dermatologist for the biopsy. I tested the PCP because I already knew he was a poor doctor (he was in network though!). I showed him the suspicious mole and described it to him just like I wrote it above. He never looked up from his paper and said "it's fine".
It wasn't fine. It was melanoma! If I had listened to him I'd be dead by now.
So I called the very next day to cuss him out and guess what? He no longer worked for that office! Only one week had gone by since my appointment with him. I never was able to give him a peice of my mind.
It upsets me thinking how many people have been given deadly reassurance like this doctor gave me, and they don't know any better than to trust their doctors implicitly and never question. Always ask questions. If they give the wrong answer, fire them! I'm a survivor of melanoma 25 years now because I didn't listen to my doctor.
Based on what you’ve posted, giving that doctor a piece of your mind would have been a total waste, as he already wasn’t using his, why would he use anything in addition?
Yep, my last appt with gastro told me reflux can’t affect the ears. Ummm - yes it can! He isn’t up to date with gastro medicine so I canceled my follow up with him. The entire appt the man was gaslighting. This video touched on everything I experienced. It disgusted me.
@@JubeeBijou The gastro doc I went to for reflux tried to put me on Zantac. The LORD told me not to take it! Now, 2 years later cancer warnings are out!!! I healed MYSELF with natural herbs, taking Slippery Elm and Licorice tablets. It totally went away in about 6 weeks and have NEVER had it since!
@@repentjesusiscomingsoon1529 around 2017 I was put on H2 blocker and then PPI all total for about 6 months. They made me look 6 months pregnant and caused silent reflux to go into a more traditional reflux problem. Awful! Not again. They don’t work for me. Where you taking chewable licorice tablets or pill form? Can you tell me exactly what those two supplements were taking? I have used DGL licorice but I did not get any improvement. Right now ACV tonic with powdered ginger is helping a good bit. My issues come on during the night, even with raised head of bed 6 inches. I’m not overweight, don’t smoke, don’t drink and a competitive swimmer (US Master’s). I simply don’t fit the profile other than chronic anxiety since I was a child. I have no idea why and it just became “normal”. Like “I’m just naturally high strung.” This is something I’m working on with God’s help.
Yup. Had a lump on my inside thigh/groin area. After a 2 second feel she told me "We get lumps and bumps as we get older". Went to another Dr. Lymphoma
Four years ago, my 61 year old husband almost lost the ability to walk. He had to shuffle his feet and could not use stairs. He was diagnosed with fibromyalgia and given steroids. His condition only slightly improved and he spent months in physical therapy. He stopped the steriods and went Keto. His condition slowly improved over the next few months. He is now 65, and can run up and down extension ladders like he did in his prime. He recently built a very large out building and shingled the entire roof by himself. Now he is preparing to replace the siding and roof on our home. Keto for life!
I have literally had that conversation about Hashimoto's and "my thyroid was fine." At one point in the early 2000s I was on 14 medications. Winnowed it down to 9 in 2009. Got off all meds in 2019. Been keto-vore since last Dec, lost an inch on all my measurements. No more cluster headaches, dysthymia, high anxiety, night terrors, hypertension, moderate arthritis. I can sleep at night. My hair is no longer falling like rain. I have energy to chase my teenage boys, drive them to taekwondo and keep up with my 43 year old husband. I'm 52. Thank you Dr. Berry, Dr. Shawn Baker & Dr. Eric Berg. Love from a massage therapist in Massachusetts.
Here's my story. This was right before I found keto, and I had been suffering for years. Nothing but liquid stools for the last 10 years, SEVERE bloating that wouldn't respond to anything, and always got worse throughout the day so that by early evening I had pain in my back and shoulders and looked like I was 11 months pregnant. Extreme exhaustion where just showering or taking care of myself was hard to do. And just a lot of other things. I was suffering so bad that the idea of living to my 60s was effing depressing, and sometimes I wondered why I couldn't just die in my sleep. I felt THAT bad.
I was low income, and didn't have coverage through most of this, but finally got full coverage, so I found an office and started going. But no one was helping me. All they did was did a food allergy test and tell me to try a gluten free and ant inflammatory diet, which I had been doing for a few months with no results. So on a phone visit to order routine labs (I'm hypothyroid) I mentioned how much I was suffering, and trying to get her to really understand I mentioned that I didn't even want to live to 60. (I was 48 at the time). She didn't say much, but ordered my labs.
Once my results were in I went to an in-person visit. Let me say that this place has a number of PAs and you see a different one each time. This time I had a man I had never seen before. He came in, quickly discussed my lab results, and then wanted to discuss something he saw in my chart. I'm assuming the last person made note of me mentioning how I didn't want to live to an old age. He asked me if I ever suffered with depression (not if I WAS suffering from depression, just if I ever had). I'm diagnosed bipolar, so I mistakenly said "Sure. I'm bipolar, so have suffered depression.) And that was the end of the visit as far as my physical health was concerned. He REFUSED to discuss my physical health, and only wanted to refer me to a psychiatrist. Like he couldn't understand that I wasn't depressed or suicidal, I was suffering, physically, and frustrated because they wouldn't help me.
I left there in tears. It was horrible. Luckily those were the labs where my A1C was 5.6, which might be normal, but it's 0.1 away from being prediabetic, and that's too close for me. So I started doing research on that, and that's what led me to keto. Keto improved many of my symptoms but didn't get ride of any of them, so after 7 months of that I went carnivore. Bloating, gone, liquid stools, gone for the most part, exhaustion, gone, everything else, gone. Oh, and my mental health symptoms like constant low-level depression and anxiety? Gone! I'm a brand new person and no longer suffering, but I still hate the eff out of that doctor.
I'm truly SO HAPPY for you that you healed yourself. It's too bad those doctors will probably go on to be ignorant and not help people. But, YOU DID IT!! Cyber high five!
@@midwestribeye7820 Thanks!!
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I looked up the meaning of 'PA, medical' but only Panic Attack came up. -- You probably live in a country where Medical Care for the general public is NOT COVERED BY THE GOVERNMENT. Therefore it's expected that the place you visited will operate like a rip-off, FOR PROFIT organization because NOBODY WILL SUPERVISE that organization's management other than the greedy shareholders of that place. -- I feel sorry for people who chose to reside in such a country. Likely the USA. In my country doctors are paid by the government, and they act a lot more careful with whom they advise. -- Patients mostly don't pay attention to their body until their nose gets rubbed into the dirt before they wake up on reality. My lineage is 3 generations of medical/dental and I have a condition where I need to see a medical establishment a couple times a month, so I have a good combination of awareness about my symptoms and doctors in general. -- It's never too late to listen to one's body a.s.a.p. -- Good luck to you and me :)
I am so happy that you’re doing better!
I remember in my early teen years, I had severe endometriosis, undiagnosed. I went from doctor to doctor with horrible, stabbing pains in the right side of my abdomen - so bad I'd collapse to the floor and be unable to take full breaths. Since the doctors couldn't figure out what my issue was, I was diagnosed as "depressed" and all my issues were in my head. The antidepressants made my weight explode and the prozac, in particular, sent me into balling fits of crying whenever even the slightest irritating event happened. Even with my "depression" being treated, the excruciating pain still happened regularly. It took almost 2 years before my endometriosis was properly diagnosed and by then then stuff had penetrated my abdominal organs including my ureter, large intestine, and even my muscle walls - I won't go into detail what happens now when that stuff inflames. Anyway, I finally got it diagnosed and spent many sessions under the knife to clean out what could be cleaned out with the surgeon more than happy to tell me how fat I was (from those antidepressants) and how I should eat 800 calories per day or less.
As for more recent gaslighting? It's just my normal experience in the area I live in. The most recent is post-19 diabetes diagnosis with being told over the phone to start taking insulin shots - no demos, no instructions, no warnings of any dangers regarding any of it. I had to find a 2nd doctor to teach me that much but this area's very ADA-Diet. I have to be my own doctor more often than not and have been fighting chronic immune issues that remain undiagnosed, but I'm hoping carnivore will help to reverse or lessen them. At least the carnivore diet makes it so I don't need insulin every time I eat vegetables so that's reason enough to stick to it. I do miss broccoli, but my body says "no" these days.
I am a nurse myself and I want to say thank you so much for this video as I didn't know the concept of the term of medical gaslighting. Thank you again for this.
“I’m just as sedentary as I’ve always been” hahahahaha that had me cracking up Neisha lol 😂
Because we know she's not!😁
I know this story is not as severe as other stories here, but I've suffered with chronic bladder/kidney infections for my entire life. Many times, I would have kidney infections WITHOUT signs of a bladder infection, no urgency, no burning, and doctors would suggest maybe I pulled a muscle in my back. I've had nurses ask me "don't I know what a bladder infection feels like, before it progresses to a kidney infection". These infections have been so bad at times, that I needed IV antibiotics in the ER to treat. Like I said, I know it's not as bad as others but just wanted to share, also after 5 weeks of Ketovore, no UTI or bladder infections! I LOVE this way of eating!
Hi there! I am so sorry for the experience you are having. I experienced what was thought to be recurrent UTI, but it turned out a good portion of the time was actually endometriosis. I only found out when I got a hysterectomy as part of gender transition in my 30s. The pain started in my early teens. Just something to consider, because no one ever said the word endometriosis to me in all those years.
Same here! UTI without signs and symptoms. Last of which I had a squad ride to the ER and admitted for dehydration, AKI and was administered IV fluids, Iv antibiotics. It was really frightening and overall debilitating. Now three weeks after the event I still don't feel right, can't sleep but it's getting better.
I've had horrible cystitis and utis that mist killed me and did kill another and no one cared.. it went into my kidneys too. Doctors suck. I know my body. They don't
@@Angelface11 -- which country and roughly which region did this occur and roughly which year?
Karli, I was having bladder infections almost every month for a year and having to take antibiotics almost every month for 1-2 weeks. I haven't had a bladder infection for 3 years now...after changing my diet. Keep up the good work.
I got breast cancer, the pressure they put on me to do chemo and radiation was intense. I said NO at least 15 times! They even sent a oncology RN and a palliative MD to my living room to try to persuade me. I shut the conversation down by asking how much money would their outfit they were working for make if I were to be so stupid and do as they recommended. They shut up and left. 😉
F unbelieveable....
So how are you doing and what did you do for your condition? I hope and pray all is good 😊
Hi. I was wondering how you were doing. I refused chemo last week. Had surgery for triple negative. I had chemo twice before and our health service is so broken I couldn't trust I could be cared for if I took chemo.
I had basically the same situation. I had breast cancer in 2011. I chose double mastectomy and my surgeon (a breast cancer specialist) sent the tissue in for oncotype testing. Results came back saying that whether or not I had chemo...as long as I took a post menopause drug called arimedex for 5 years...the chances of a recurrence was only 2 to 5 %. So I opted to skip the "poison and burn" treatments. The oncologist kept trying to convince me that I should do it anyway. I kept saying no. It wasn't an easy decision and I sweated over it for a couple of weeks while I did research. But I was very firm when I said NO. I then said I MIGHT be convinced if the cancer center wasn't going to make a butt load of money off those treatments. He immediately shut up. Treated me with arimedex for the next 5 years. I am now 12 years out and am doing fine. I also just started carnivore and am feeling better and better.
Of course, I might add that anyone battling breast cancer, (and perhaps any kind of cancer) SHOULD ask for tissue to be oncotype tested. That will give you the confidence to make a decision about your treatment.
I have a tumor that has been proven not to respond to chemotherapy. I was still sitting behind the door there, when the doctor came in saying, "we'll give this one chemotherapy." I shouldn't have heard that.
I'm never going back there again.
Wow thank you for this. I never thought that what happened to me was gas lighting but 100% it was. My story is one of the craziest things that I have ever gone through. I've never found anyone to listen and was made to feel crazy while actually having a chronic illness. It took years to find that out though. I even got to the point where I thought maybe I am crazy. My story is so unbelievable that I can hardly believe it myself. Thank you for this video.
I had nearly the same sort of exchange with my cardiologist. I had been on Keto for a number of months and my regular clinician said I could quit taking my BP and statin meds since all my blood work looked really good and it probably wasn't necessary to be on them any more. When I went to the cardiologist, for another unrelated issue, he asked why I had stopped taking the meds and I told him that I had made changes to my diet in order to rid myself of having to deal with the heart meds (and other meds like Glipizide) because of their side effects. He said something like, "well that's all well and good, but you really need to be on a statin, regardless". Before the visit, I had done some research about statins, cholesterol etc, and asked him if a slightly elevated LDL level was necessarily a bad thing. He then cited some study (what's name I can't recall at the moment) that had really nothing to do with the efficacy of statins at all and he made it sound like that was definitive proof and reason that I should be back on the meds...case closed- end of discussion. I was a bit disappointed at that point, relented and let him write the script. I decided that I would go back on them temporarily and do a bit more research before the follow-up.
Meanwhile, the new BP med he prescribed was making me dizzy, and I decided to stop taking it after 2 days. I also found a study online concerning the effects of statins on reducing CoQ10 which I learned was an essential enzyme for heart function. I printed it out and brought it with me for the follow up visit. The first thing he asked was if I was taking the meds he scripted. I said that the beta blocker was making me dizzy, so I ceased taking it and although I started back on the statin, had some serious reservations about continuing them and showed him the printout of the study I had found. He took a short glance at it, handed it back to me, dismissing it as something akin to media hype, restated his old talking points from our last visit and then re-emphasized that I needed to be back on a statin and beta blocker. I then restated that the damn beta blocker was making me dizzy. He snapped back, "Then just take half a tablet every day!" To finish it off I stated again my reservations about the statins. At this point, he took on a defensive tone, got rather "huffy", and said, "well if you don't want to take the meds, I'll just put in your record that you refused the meds...I'm a cardiologist and I take a statin!" In my own mind at that point, I decided that this guy was never going to be empathetic to the needs and concerns of his patient and let him write the scripts again. Only this time, I drove past the pharmacy, went home and threw the beta blocker and the statin in the trash and haven't looked back.
This is ridiculous 😟 I've had Drs. Like that too I just nod leave and never return
I have heard doctors/people say statins and beta-blockers are really bad news!!!! I wouldn't take it if you paid me!
I believe a lot of Docters have investments in pharmaceutical companies and push drugs. My xdocter actually yelled at me because I refused to take a statin. I had researched it and decided it was not for me. Needless to say I will no longer see a docter who's only answer is a drug. Any more YOU really have to be your own advocate and research long term side effects.
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@@cherylkutchma2201 Yes, amen to that, Cheryl!
My husband was experiencing severe dizziness when he would exert himself. Only mild shortness of breath. He had pain across his upper torso, and left shoulder. The cardiologist did an echocardiogram and stress test. He said the tests were fine and my husband just needed to lose weight. We went to a different cardiologist. They did an MRI, and an angiogram. My husband had a 100% blockage, and further down a 85% blockage in his right coronary artery. If we hadn't changed cardiologist he'd probably be dead
@@KAT-dg6el One night when I was 18, I went to the ER with intense chest pain radiating down my left arm. They did an EKG and found nothing. Told me I had "a cold" and sent me home.
It later turned out to be a spontaneous pneumothorax. (Basically, a hole in my lung.) The respiratory specialist they referred me to hit the roof when he found out they'd sent me home that night because pneumothoraces can worsen, which can obviously kill you. Especially as it was my first one, I should have been under observation.
Since then, I've had multiple fights with doctors who want to send me for EKGs but can't be bothered to send me for the single chest X-ray that will confirm a pneumothorax. Not all chest pain is a heart attack. It's really awful that someone is dismissed as being "too young" for a heart attack, but it's also frustrating that cardiac issues are the only thing they often bother to check when it comes to chest pain! Your lungs are also kinda important for staying alive. Like, it's awful that your friend didn't get his heart more thoroughly checked, but it also sounds like his doctor didn't check anything else, either.
Despite having had dozens of small SPs now, and zero cardiac issues EVER, I've had at least a dozens EKGs and maybe 3 chest X-rays.
Paulette Campbelle Thank God you trusted your instincts and your husband saw another doctor!!
I loved this video! I just went to a heart doctor yesterday (I had to have a pacemaker put in 7 years ago, before I did keto). When he found out I was now doing keto (I've been doing keto for 3 years now) he immediately said keto was not a good "diet". He said it was too high in fats. My husband & I both disagreed with him & tried to explain to him that we only eat good fats, whole foods, no sugar, no junk food & now I only take metformin for my diabetes instead of taking 4 medicines including insulin. Well today we both went in for our lab tests. Our lab tests were so good! My husband has lost 50 pounds & is now so healthy & looks so good. He is 72. I have lost 30 pounds & I am 70. We are now in the process of trying to find a keto doctor! We also kept telling him he probably needed to do some current research on keto!
Congratulations on you'lls weight lose. I wished I was able to find a keto doctor too. Good luck!!
And stop the metformin
I'm wondering about your doctor's reaction at the last appointment. What's he gonna blame your good health on, luck of the draw?
TheyWontListenBecauseTheirPR0F1TSwillDrop...
Check further about metformin, read several articles giving reasons for not taking it, do your own research. I take Berberine which is said to be a good substitute for Metformin. Do your own research.
Love this. This happens exactly in all my doctors offices. Primary care, Cardiologist and so on. They just have no clue. They look at me really funny “Well you didn’t go to college to be a doctor”. I even had a doctor say that to me. That was the last time I seen her. “Maybe just add more fruits and vegetables to you diet” 🙄 “You’re Fired!”
This is so real for many people! I love that you did this clip! I appreciate you both.
I am on my fourth cardiologist. I am almost 72 years old, and having definite problems. I have been gaslit so many times in so many ways. I am a retired registered nurse. I still am not confident with my new doctor, but am scheduled to see a pulmonologist and another cardiologist too, who is a specialist in arrhythmias. Frustrated, worried. I have so many stories of gaslighting by so many doctors over the years, I could write a book. I guess my advice is go with your gut and don't settle for care that you feel is not right.
Please write a book! My aunt lived in a nursing home and told me she had a diary with all the stuff that went around in her top drawer dresser which she locked. Then she became ill and passed away at the hospital, when we went to pick up her things someone had broken in her top dresser drawer and stolen her precious journal and her wallet… allegedly nobody saw the break in. Really?
I have been there, with serious afib episodes. All doctors can think of is meds and surgery. I don't know your history but the least you can do for your heart is get your electrolytes and go ketovore or carnivore.
WRITE the BOOK
Why are the cardiologists always the WORST?!
This was me 20 years ago. I was 42, doc said I was perimenopausal, a new Mom, fibro, had reverse conditioning, burstitus. Could not climb stairs open doors or run outside with my littles. As I sat in his office in tears, with swollen joints and disabling fatigue I was told my labs and xrays were normal. Pain woke me at night, so bad I could not get out of bed alone, and I would almost pass out when I did. The only rheum he had me see told me it was psoriatic arthritus, even thoughbI had zero skin involvement. He gave me sonething that made me loopy,one dose I was done, I had a toddler and told him he was crazy giving me a drug like that. 7 years in, I was so pissed off I insisted he sign off on a referral to a different rheum. I made it, and while waiting to see him I had an appt with hubbys podiatrist, my feet were swollen and felt like steel beams had been dropped on them. My hands were beyond swollen, my knee was red and swollen and walking was agonizing. Lifting up my youngest, impossible. His wife has autoimmune arthritus, one look at me and he told me he thought it was RA. That doc actually called the rheum I was seeing later that week, they agreed to send me immediately for labs and started me on 5mg of steroids to make me functional while I waited. Turns out I have palendromic arthritus that had morphed into RA. My RA factor was over 600, by then it was too late to stop the beast. I have a great rheum now and he keeps up with the latest research. Never let a doc blame motherhood and hormones, drop them and find one who listens without the ego.
I had 30+ years of this. I was ultimately diagnosed with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, ankylosing spondylitis, and abdominal angioedema (multiple food allergies). I have several other autoimmune diagnoses, but these are my top 3 issues. I was given Valium for panic attacks (over the phone), to control my vomiting episodes. It never worked. I was given antacids for a chronic cough. I was told that there was no way I could have EDS “because it’s too rare.” I have had pain, weakness, and abdominal issues my whole life. I didn’t start getting real answers until I was 48. 2 months later, the lock-downs started and every new appointment was cancelled. I am only starting to get better now, I’m the last 3 months. I did do my own research. I had to argue with pay PCP. I had to stand up for myself to my friends and family. Many people still don’t believe me. Many providers don’t bother to read my chart notes, it’s really long. I’m constantly having to explain, to people who should be better informed than me. But, I’m finally having some improvements and getting back to living a real life.
I decided to lower my weight, and in the last 2 months I have lost almost 20 pounds, which I thought I would never git below 200 (210 at the time). Now it looks like I can keep going to 150, which was my weight in the military.
I’m a Zebra too. Took 25 years to get a diagnosis. I was called a hypochondriac, a drug addict and that it was all in my head
Yeah, I love the "too rare" comments. I had low-grade rhabdomyolysis for four months. My PT and I pegged it the week after it started. We were told it couldn't be that because rhabdo is a rapid breakdown of muscle and I'd have been dead by week two. Turns out there are congenital conditions that can include periodic mild episodes of rhabdo, and now that I know what I'm looking for, they've occurred about every six weeks for decades. They usually resolve within a few days, until that crazy four months. I lost 50 lbs of muscle; I couldn't sit up up chew food by the time one of the eight specialists I was sent to thought to test my CK level.
I'm glad you finally got a diagnosis, even if it didn't feel like good news. At least you know now.
I have Eds as well and I’m 50- just got acknowledged.
I was referred to a cardiologist once . . . when I sat down to review the test results with her, she said, "You're fine. All your test results are normal. However, I recommend that you go on a statin." I replied, "If I'm fine, why do I need a statin?" She said, "Most people need them. It's to prevent future problems." I declined. My last visit to a doctor went so badly that I have never been to a doctor since. When I was trying to explain my symptoms, the doctor interrupted me with, "Is this important?" Apparently her being a doctor was more important than my becoming well.
This has been my experience with Dr for the last 45 years of my life. I’m 59 and I can remember back when I was 15 and having debilitating menstrual cramps, when my mom explained this to the Dr his exact words were “a lot of women have that just take some Tylenol she’ll be fine”. It’s been down hill from there.
What did you do about your menstrual cramps? I have the same problem...
After having an earache (on, off,on etc) my primary, his partner, 2 ENTs all said they didn’t see anything. The last Ent was young and “on the deep end of the spectrum “ and was so rude, I left in tears.
I tried a woman ent, and she took one look, explained the problem. It was so simple, I cried for joy. Saw her every 3-4 months until she left to started teaching at a med school. 😞Because of my age, I felt I was dismissed.
Finding an honest doctor is like finding an honest mechanic, it's definitely hard, but I'm sure they're out there.
Oh my gosh this is exactly how my dr appointment always goes! So frustrating!
Fire them!!!
Time for a new Doctor. That one obviously does not have your best interest in mind !!!
It’s happened to me so many times. When I had chronic pain that was only alleviated with Percocet (PCOS intense menstrual pain) they would not give it to me because they were afraid of me lying because of dealing it or abusing it. I’m lucky to finally have a great doctor who basically does whatever I want him to do. He actually listens! I love him! He gave me the pain meds when I needed them. He gave me the anti anxiety meds (Klonopin) when I needed them. Good thing is with carnivore I don’t need those meds, my pain and anxiety has decreased 75% and he supported me when u said I had weaned down to 1/4 of my original dose! He could SEE and HEAR how well I was doing! 🥰
It has taken me 20 years to find a doctor that finally listened to me. 20 years of being told my labs are fine and it was normal to feel the way I was feeling. One doctor kept cutting me off and by the time I was done I had 6 prescriptions and still didn't know what was going on. It's crazy.
I have experienced this a few times with doctors… it’s really sad but I end up moving on to another GP
I told my doctor I’ve been suffering with migraines in the same area frequently. And the doctor said to me that it’s because I’m on the contraceptive pill and I need to have the copper IUD put in… well I didn’t have that done. I went to get my eyes checked and the optometrist said the test that they did didn’t conclude that my eyes were the problem for my migraines. My doctor just have me RELPAX 80mg Eletriptan, which I haven’t taken… disappointed with medical professionals in general. I’m sure there are some great doctors out there. Keep up the great work for all those medical professionals who do care for people and there health…
I have to tell about a friend of mine. She had excruciating pains in her body, especially in her abdomen. She had really strong pain killers and yet the pain was so severe that she fainted.
The doctor (a woman) only said:
"Well, you're a woman over forty, and you simply have to tolerate some pain."
A few years later my friend was diagnosed with EDS. Duh!
This often happends here in Sweden. Many people talk about it. Thank you for this video ❤
Patient Assembly lines,,, move the cows in and hurry them out..." I got money to make here ma'am. Ma' am I got student loans to pay." ..I have experienced this and seen it...Great Skit Dr. and Mrs. Berry...🤣 sounds like the dog is irritable...😂🤣😅😆
This is my entire medical history until the past few years. The worst was undiagnosed hyperparathyroidism and pituitary adenoma. I kept my bloodwork and the lab results clearly showed hypercalcemia. The nurse called me to “go over” my results and would say “that’s bad” and move on. I asked about it with nothing. The doctor never recommended a consultation. These lab results followed me from one provider to another. I presented increasing symptoms over 10 years. I finally broke down crying and begging for help. I had gained over 70 pounds and my family knew I was dying. An new NP got me into imaging and I got my life back. Mostly. I also reported unexplained weight gain and inability to reduce. My overweight practitioners basically ignored bc I was smaller than they were. 😮 I have a doctor now who ran all the bloodwork that is “controversial “ and agree or not, it explained all my “unexplainable “ problems and I’m healthier than I’ve been in decades. Oh, and instead of knee replacements, as predicted 20 years ago, on the ketogenic diet, my knees are pain free with more mobility than I had in my twenties! I could go on, but won’t. 60 and feeling awesome! One more thing. Ppl don’t understand how I can skip carbs. Baby if you knew how good you could feel…
Congrats. There's a 6 month wait to see my horrible doctor. People say, get a new doctor. How?
@@dougprentice1363 always keep going to a different doctor until someone answers your questions. Where do you live?
@@cheesygal Ashville NC. So many people are moving here. Can not get appointment with any doctor.
@@dougprentice1363 wow. That’s rough. So sorry to hear. Maybe you could get a zoom appt with someone out of the area. I know my doctor does that.
Oh, my goodness! I've experienced some of this. I tried to explain certain symptoms and they tell me they never heard of that before and it's just unique to me. This is why I don't waste my time with traditional doctors.
I have gone to a naturopath ND for 16 years. With natural supplements my bones are no longer a problem, im not hot anymore. My headaches are gone. Anger is gone. Now my scalp problems psoriasis? Gone Gut problems since childhood gone. I have 1 problem left. Blood pressure and cardiologist wants me on statins, 2 bp meds, and a diuretic. The diuretic made my bp go up and i could no longer walk even as far as the bathroom. I am now down to 1 bp drug and am thinking about carnivore to get me off it. You and my ND will get me through. Thanks, doc. Most MDs dont even look at me in the office.
I worked for doctors as a medical assistant in the 70's and 80's . On Wednesday we closed early and that's when I scheduled the pharmacy reps, to come in. They would bring lunch for everyone and other times bring gifts. Then the next week you would see the doctor recommend the meds the reps. had brought samples of. The little skit you did was right on the money. A good doctor doesn't book patients every 15 mins. You can't do a good assessment in 15 mins. My doctor now doesn't even listen to my heart and lungs. That was always done.Thank you for your honesty. You now must take your own health care into your own hands and look things up. Find out about your condition ,look up your meds. The more you know about your condition the better care you are going to get. Always ask for a copy of your lab work. See if there is any abnormals. If you are not happy with your doctor ,you can change our doctor and see another.Also you can ask to see a specialist. God bless
I was told that my high blood pressure was "genetic" and that I would be on medication the rest of my life! They just didn't want to be bothered looking for the answer. I found it in salmon! 2 1/2 years med free and the last time I checked my blood pressure was 118/68.
My liver enzymes were quite high and was told that I have gallstones and their answer was surgery. After doing a liver, pancreas, gallbladder cleanse my liver enzymes are normal. ...and I still have my gallbladder!
How did you cleanse the liver etc?
How did salmon play a part in lowering your blood pressure?
Can you tell us how you did a cleanse, the process of 😁👍🇬🇧
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In or around 1974 I was told I have scoliosis and wore a Milwaukee brace for 4-5 years. In the late 80's I was is so much pain that I never had before. We were stationed at Ft. Lewis, WA. I went to see the Dr and was told there's nothing wrong, I kept making appointments hoping I'd get someone who could tell me what was happening. I gave up after one of them told me it will just continue to get worse and I'll end up in a wheelchair, plus he referred me to the psychiatric doctor. In the mid 90's I found a chiropractic Dr who also did acupuncture , I felt like I'd been beaten after every appointment but after a few months I was pain free. I've noticed since, when I'm not keeping up on my strength training it starts to hurt again and I get back to the gym right away. Thank God for good and caring doctors such as yourself. Thank you Dr Berry for your caring and commitment to good health for all
Man, I was gaslit for decades by dozens of doctors. After much research and requests for labs I figured out I had symptoms of CAH and Hypophosphatasia. After I flew across the country to see a genetic specialist my suspicion was confirm. I told the doc I felt like I’d been gaslit for years. When he said “you were” I started weeping.
I went to the ER with severe stomach pain. Couldn't stand up .just ALL OVER BAD!!! He said what did you eat I said a bacon wrap. And because I had previously had a gastric bypass he said well you ate to much fat. Go to your gastric bypass Dr. Nothing we can do for you here. He finally ordered a cat scan or MRI can't remember which one. But it showed an internal hernia and bowel obstruction. Literally with in minutes of loosing my small intestines.
Fortunately, my PCP is a great listener. However, my mom's PCP tends to blame everything on her age and constantly redirects the conversation and dismissed anything Mom say s. I finally started jumping in and saying did you just hear what she said. You seem to be tuning her out.
I'm 26, a previous Dr told me that I would never get rid of my type 2 diabetes and that I would have it for the rest of my life and there was nothing I could do. Shortly after I came across your videos Dr Berry and I am now in the process of reversing my diabetes, and I have fired that doctor! Hallelujah
Some of this has happened to me multiple times. I've attributed it to doctors in big clinics being overburdened with bureaucracy, giving the patient ten minutes, then having to spend the next 20 minutes filling out a report on a computer, with appointments scheduled every 30 minutes. I once heard my doctor through the closed door of the examining room complaining to another doctor how he hated the routine. Being able to watch and learn from many hours of videos posted to the Web by Dr. Ken Berry, Dr. Jason Fung, Dr. Sten Ekberg and others is priceless, something you'll never get from visiting doctors in clinics and hospitals!
I really shouldn’t have laughed at this - because it really happens every single day - but you two enacted this so perfectly!
It was like watching a comedy show!
Thank you for the hilarity 😂😂😂
The bloopers are fabulous!! Growling dog is the best!! 🤣😂🤣
This happens to a substantial amount of patients who have had unecessary medical procedures leading to irreversible injury.
YES!!!!! I'm 5 months pregnant and I just had the most horrible day yesterday being medically gaslit, belittled and made fun of by my OB. It was traumatizing. Not what my baby and I need right now 😢 My eyes are still almost swollen shut this morning from all the crying I did yesterday.
I know it’s a little late now, but independent midwives are awesome and I far prefer my midwife to an OB. Find a good midwife if possible - they are so much better at prenatal care than obs.
Not me since I’m a nurse but my cousin who was seeing a psychiatrist. The psychiatrist put her on medication without getting her history, without talking to her at all. She had a history of sarcoidosis and a heart murmur. She put on 50 pounds and Her triglycerides were in the stratosphere. I started looking into drug interactions because I didn’t want to lose my cousin. Turns out the 2 meds cause elevated triglycerides and weight gain besides causing her heart to race. The pills weren’t working anymore so she asked to change them. The doctor started to write a new prescription without answering her questions regarding effects to her heart and triglycerides. She took the prescriptions said thanks and left and never went back. During this mess she was diagnosed with t2d and the doctor told her to stop eating carbs. Long story short, she lost that 50 pounds, reversed her diabetes and the hypertriglyceridmia. Much healthier and happier now.
YES! My doctor is just like this-- time to look for another.
You guys were great! Gaslighting has happened to me so many times over the years. Try being a senior, it’s really bad. More integrity is called for! Thank you!
My story started three years before I finally got the help that I needed. It started that was just intermittent chest pain that was attributed to PVCs and esophageal spasms. The chest pain got worse and worse but all the standard testing came back normal. I was told oh it’s some thing that happens with people who are chronically ill and have cancer. I Have chronic lymphocytic leukemia. So I was told to take amitriptyline and because it sometimes helps with unexplained pain syndrome. not once as I referred to a cardiologist because all my testing was normal. I went through four doctors before I was able to finally get referred to cardiologist he repeated all the testing and they still all came back normal. That at least he took the pain seriously and tried to adjust my medication. When all of that didn’t work he finally decided that the risk of an angiogram did not outweigh the benefit. The angiogram found a significant blockage in my RCA and a stent was placed. Needless to say the majority of the chest pain is completely gone.
I had been on Keto for years but on a medication for anxiety. Once Covid hit, the Walgreens closest to my home was closed down. I feared that the extreme would occur. After a month, I had no more symptoms of anxiety. Went to my mental health provider and the exact same things you noted occured and he gaslit me and simply ordered me to continue with my medications. Made me feel that I was out of control and was being absurd. "Keto is a diet. It has nothing to do with your brain. Just continue on with your meds. I will see you next month."
Wow, I'm so sorry you had to deal with that. How can diet, the fuel for your body, not affect your brain? It's scary how many "health professionals" have no critical thinking skills. They live on autopilot, or they take cuts from the pharmaceutical industry. Don't know which is worse.
My husband has been on Keto for a year. He has lost 70 pounds and eliminated his anxiety medication because of this diet.
How can a diet have something 'to do' with the rest of your physical body, but not the brain (a very physical part of our bodies!)?
No you won’t.
The flip side to this is when I encourage my obese patients to try a carnivore diet to improve metabolic health and optimize weight and fat loss, and they look at me like I have 3 heads and keep their poor habits.
I can’t think of a SINGLE patient over the years who I’ve convinced.
Perhaps you should suggest it as an elimination diet; direct them to go on it for 3 months, then they can introduce one new item of food a week to see how they react. Reassure them that this is a very safe method of evaluating what food is causing their weight gain. Tell them to keep a diary of how they feel, their level of well being. In other words, do your doctor thing and prescribe this as part of the treatment, not a diet.
@@kazzana9013 Tried it from every angle.
My PCP has a white board he uses to illustrate his points except when he tells me to eat more fruit and reduce the fat. It's very convincing at the time but afterward, a review of my facts has me realize that as convincing as it sounded, he's just not right. The major "news" networks are blaming the climate problems on the cows, so I think that's a real issue we are all up against. I had an assignment in psych class to be a B.S. detector and in my paper, called out the NYT for purporting that vaping was healthy. Haven't trusted that "source" ever since.
Keep trying.. Not all of us fat people are stupid. We listen and try real hard. It does not take long to see that we are carb addicts.
@@keywestfan2503 Please keep trying! The Carnivore diet is becoming way more popular! Dr. Berry was actually on the cover of a magazine last week with an article about Carnivore, so that's giving it even more publicity. God bless you, thank you for telling them!
Dr. Berry, you are an absolute revelation. You have, in six months, shown me how to drop 25 lbs without suffering, and get my inflammation way down from where it was. So grateful to you for that. I got a story for ya...
I stayed 100% away from the medical ecosystem for forty years of my adult life. Then I turned 61 and started to fall apart. Couldn't hang on until Medicare kicked in, so I bought some goddamn expensive insurance and signed up with a doctor, just grasping for a life preserver. The doctor who saw me, after me waiting eleven weeks for the first appointment, showed up a considerable time after the appointed time. ; and when he finally lurched into the tiny exam room, he very disjointedly and disinterestedly proceeded to dismiss and even gently mock my health concerns. He wouldn't ask or answer any questions. Honestly, he seemed to be wearing invisible Virtual goggles. He was hardly there at all.
In the end, he prescribed five drugs, a couple of which cost absurd amounts of money, that my goddamn expensive insurance wouldn't cover--and that I didn't need. I expect he was getting a kickback from somebody, to throw those drugs in front of me with such callous disregard. Yeah, f'n right, I got gaslit.
The second appointment was a full twelve and a half weeks later. My psoriatic arthritis had got a lot worse in that short time. Dr. Knobknocker, or whatever he was called, was the better part of an hour late to the exam room where I sat. When he finally came in, his eyes seemed to be peering off in two different random directions. He didn't say, "Hi", or "How have you been?" He opened his laptop, and in his same disconnected, uninterested drawl, he ask some empty questions, to which he ignored my answers. As usual, the good doctor evaded my eye contact, while he typed and scrolled on his slate grey Dell laptop...
I timed this guy- Seven minutes, plus or minus a minute- He folded his laptop, tucked it under his arm, and bolted for the door, while I was still trying to ask about "WHAT HAPPENS NEXT!" He spent all of seven minutes with me, that I will NEVER get back.
Ken Berry, This video made me laugh at the recollection of those two encounters with the good "doctor". I cancelled both appointments they set for me next year, and decided to tough it out a little longer, until Medicare kicks in for me next year. In the meanwhile, Ken Berry, you are one of maybe five or seven doctors I've ever met in my life, who are the genuine article- PHYSICIANS AND HEALERS... You've helped me A LOT, and I didn't even stumble across your channel until five months ago. Just being 25 lbs lighter than I was in April, feeling 1000% better, Thank you sir.
Had a numbness on the side of my face, lost my sense of taste. Told my Neurologist something was wrong. Had to demand a brain scan or I was walking out. He ordered an MRI I had an acoustic neuroma. He profusely apologize and to me ; changed how he deals with his patients. As for me I survived, went to another state and had an expert remove the tumor. Listen to your gut, change doctor's if they do not listen.
When I was having gallbladder attacks, a gastroenterologist specialist told me it was all stress related within 5 minutes of the appointment and there was nothing she could do for me. 2 trips to the ER later, I was scheduled for surgery. I ended up having my gallbladder out. That specialist was worthless.
A's and B's just means they were brainwashed better.
Yeah. Thank you for naming it. My doctor told me there’s no diagnostic criteria for Long Covid and no proof it exists. This in spite of cognitive issues, autonomic issues, visual issues and anosmia since COV 8 months ago. Getting referred to neurologist for cognitive testing. “Calgon, take me away.”
I was medically gaslit. I’ve always had cholesterol in the 260 range, small particles. She scared me into going on a statin. I felt horrible on it, body aches and memory loss. She fought me about stopping it and acted like she didn’t know about those side effects. When she finally changed to a concierge model I didn’t stay. I wish I could find a Dr like you in Indianapolis. Thanks for all you do.
I had a gallbladder problem from age 4 to 18. We always had to check yearly that my gallstones weren't getting worse and when I was 18 I was having major stomach pain and what I knew was a gallbladder attack. I went to the doctor 3 times trying to explain it was not normal pain or attack and was asked "what did you eat?" I would explain and then was told "well, just don't eat those foods." I was rushed to the hospital 1 week later from collapsing at work with three 1.5" in diameter gallstones 1 blocking my liver duct and causing my liver counts to rise quickly. I had an emergency surgery to remove the gallbladder. Afterwards the surgeon asked why I never got this removed years ago, apparently it was 3 times the size it should have been and had 1/4" thick scar tissue. I told the surgeon my doctor never listened and wouldn't send me for ultrasounds. This was my biggest problem with the doctor, others were for my thyroid, which i just found out i have Hashimotos and what should be 2.4 is a 6.5. Was always told to just exercise and eat better, yet I couldn't eat anything proper without having a gallbladder attack.
Down 82 pounds, feeling so much better, haven't been to a doctor in 15 years - maybe visit one in another year when I have lost another 40 pounds and have gotten back to the same as my 18-year-old body weight.
I've gotten this from the last 4 medical providers that I have seen. One Dr that I went to for anxiety and depression said that the symptoms were from shift work. She prescribed Lexapro. I went home and took the first dose. I went to bed and when I woke up I was thinking about where my rope was so I could hang myself in the closet. I looked at the side effects and it said that if you have thoughts of suicide to stop taking immediately and call the Dr. The lady who answered the phone was rude and said that the Dr was not in. She said that I could see the PA. When the PA came in the room she said I had a goiter and scheduled me for some tests. The tests all came back inconclusive and I eventually had my thyroid removed. When I asked the Dr why she didn't test my thyroid. She said, "you didn't fit the profile." I have several other stories to pass along to you. If you would like to hear them. Thank you for what you are doing with these videos. I've learned so much about my health from watching them.
Wow, that is really scary, what Lexapro did to you!!!
I was gaslighted for 39 years. Turned out I had Lichen Sclerosus and Salicylate sensitivity. Had pain and felt miserable for half my life ... I cry sometimes when I tell my healing because of carnivore. The LS is finally in remission. But not because of my doctors!
LOL. I relate to this SO much. After a diagnosis of type 2, I returned to my doctor within 6 months and my A1C went from 6.7 to 5.5, I'd lost weight and felt better than I had in decades. The doctor asked a couple of question and I said the "dreaded" word Keto. She scrunched up her nose and was telling me what I need to eat - especially fruit for antioxidants. Then? The appointment sort of abruptly ended - she seemed anxious to get out of the office to get lunch. Got a new healthcare (aka sickcare) provider. No better. This one wanted me on a statin. I explained why high LDL is not dangerous and actually protective in people of my age - against all-cause mortality. She kept stating that she was there to "educate me" - (said slowly and well enunciated). I give up. All the doctors and other health practitioners in this area are the same. The only change with switching providers is that instead of driving for half an hour to get bad advice, I drive about 5.
Just brilliant. This exact thing happened to me before I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism. My doctor told me, "Your TSH levels are within normal range," even after I told her all my symptoms. It was my naturopath that did a FULL thyroid panel and saved my life. TSH was well over 7, and my doc was like, "Oh, how did I miss that?"....
This is so very accurate-my mother was 86 & her dr blamed everything she had on “old age”. I got her a younger, more modern dr who better treated her by actually hearing her. He knew she hadn’t recd proper care.
I went into my Doctor's office for my annual checkup, after 8 months of Keto and intermittent fasting. I was 110 lbs lighter, A1C 5.1, BP 110/70, with all liver and kidney function normal. My cholesterol was elevated, (almost 300) but with a huge decrease in triglycerides. The high overall number was likely likely due to actively burning fat from weight loss. The appointment devolved into a 25 minute lecture on not getting the jab, and politely declining a statin. I was ready for both, and made reasonable points for both, but he completely disagreed with me. I had a good relationship with him up to that visit, but my trust in him is gone. It is ironic and infuriating that we got along much better when I was a sick 400 pound T2 diabetic on a handful of pills.
It was my rheumatologist who convinces me that I have lupus. I was on methotrexate and antidepressant, and steroids, many shots in joints… till I turn on my brain and start thinking “ if my immune system attract my cells , I have to find why it’s not happy.” I start exploring other options, like water fasting and simplify my life, learn not to be high achiever. Discover my food enemies like grains and milk was just beginning. 12 years of remission make me thinking of misdiagnosis . Glad you brought this topic , I recognize my reumo appointments in a past.
I love it. That has sooo happened to me. I was always a pretty upbeat person and after I had my four boys (I was in my early 30's) I went from doctor to doctor saying I was depressed, I cried about anything, I didn't have energy and my eating habits changed. Time after time they said (male doctor's) oh it's all in your head (here's a pill), It's because you're a female (here's a pill). It's post-partum (here's a pill). Doctor after doctor. When I turned 36 I started going to a female doctor and she said OH let's check your thyroid. BINGO. Now I'm better. I survived. I'm 72 :). Thank you for all you do.
I was feeling very tired and sad after my father died. I went to a Dr for guidance, He told me nothing was wrong with me because I was wearing eye makeup.
BINGO, Dr. Berry! All of these happened to me...so very interesting analysis...you hit it right on the button! My doctor was not supportive of my "journey" to reverse my diabetes, to get healthier, and to get off my meds... refused to order some of the tests I requested, and then not believing the research I did, and would not take more time than 15 minutes to talk to me, and was detached and condescending when she did. THIS WILL BLOW YOU AWAY. I decided to find another, more supportive doctor, but I had one more face-to-face appointment with my doctor that I had to keep so I decided to keep it and not bring up any of my concerns, research, ideas, or any input whatsoever...she walked in, shut the door, saw the progress on my huge weight loss and...wait for it...APOLOGIZED TO ME! She said she was sorry for her behavior, sorry she had not been supportive to me (and to her other diabetic patients), and that she could see my progress, and that in fact, I had reversed my metabolic syndrome, and my diabetes. WOW! I never thought this could happen. So..educating the doctor seems to be an integral part of the success of changing our health for the better. This opened up a new way of communicating with each other, too! SUCCESS!
Wow. What an eye-opener. Now I know why I feel confused and unheard when I leave my doctor’s office. Time to find a new doctor.
I went to Urgent Care with what I was pretty sure was appendicitis, and the doctor sent me home told me to take a few aspirin. Late that night I ended up in the ER with a ruptured appendix.
Brilliant bloopers!!!! So true to life!!! It happens a lot!! Thank you!! A doctor refused to test me for food allergies, and just prescribed an asthma inhaler for my symptoms. I got worse. I paid out of pocket and saw a clinical nutritionist. She found that I had a severe allergy to eggs, and had been having a mild, ongoing anaphalactic reaction. I quit eating eggs and was cured in 48 hours.
I could have died, if I hadn't found out what the real problem was!!!!