Medical Gaslighting

[@oliverbird6914]

Respect to the doc for allowing these voices

[@MeandThee]

The reason you are a godsend, Dr. Gupta: you LISTEN to people-and you care about them. Doctors like you are much more rare than most people realize.

[@sanjaygupta583]

💌

[@jeanfurst5344]

If you're a woman they always say it's anxiety for EVERYTHING!

[@susancarnley]

@@jeanfurst5344 I had a CT scan and MRI taken several years apart showing severe sphenoid sinusitis (I was not told the first time it showed up). I was having severe headaches. The ENT that I first saw just glanced at the reports, told me he could tell that I was too tense, and gave me a script for a muscle relaxant. 💁

[@Stacy-jw1ty]

or your hormones!!

[@Sun_Flower1]

My best friend died from pancreatic cancer this February. She'd been back and forth to GP and A&E with various symptoms for 5 months before finally getting a diagnosis - 4 weeks before she died. Menopause was blamed for all symptoms. She was Gas-lit to death.

[@jacquelinesheenan599]

So sorry to hear of your loss. My dad died from the same thing having been told he had pulled muscles that were causing his pain. Eventually we got him to a different hospital who said that it was too far along to do anything about.

[@graniabenge2814]

So sorry for your loss. My uncle had five 'blue light' admissions before finally receiving an apology. Misdiagnosed and scan revealed advanced pancreatic cancer. Left paralysed from waist down and died seven weeks later.

[@jacquelinesheenan599]

@@graniabenge2814 that's so sad

[@francesthompson1324]

In 2017 I was told to keep taking an antibiotic-deoxycycline- although I had developed hives. Scary.

[@graniabenge2814]

@jacquelinesheenan599 Thanks. It was sad and tragic that despite widespread cancer, this was treated with Paracetamol only until the late diagnosis. No way to treat anyone, let alone a man who was almost 99!

[@janicehopwood9528]

My Son was a victim of medical gaslighting. He became ill with chest problems after a bout of flu. After going back and forth to GP, in Haslemere, Surrey, antibiotics and asthma medication, my Son was still poorly. I had worked in a hospital as a secretary and decided to do my own research. I suspected my Son had Sarcoidosis as autoimmune issues run through our family. I printed out the information sheet and took my Son to our GP. He didn't even look at the sheet and told me I shouldn't look at Doctor Google. However, at my insistence he reluctantly agreed to do a chest x-ray. That's when all hell broke loose. We had an urgent call from the surgery saying the x-ray showed "significant" lung anomalies and multiple chest lymphadenopathies; my Son needed to be seen by a Respiratory Consultant ASAP. Fortunately, I had connections through my work and my Son was seen the next day at the hospital, where he was diagnosed with.......guess what......SARCOIDOSIS. He was prescribed treatment and followed up regularly. I did complain about the GP, but only got an apology.

[@JacquelineHart-z1q]

I spent 5 days in 1996 going back and forth to several Emergency Rooms in the USA in extreme pain. Doctors all thought I was looking for pain killers. I knew something was very wrong. I was finally diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Healthcare is a joke

[@farmersmith7057]

It’s sickcare. They want us sick and to stay sick and dependent on their pharmaceutical products.

[@zakyvids6566]

I am so sorry yes I think you are correct and I think it also shows that if we think something g is wrong we should trust our gut instinct

[@pamelav.5699]

@@JacquelineHart-z1q Sometimes it seems like the medical field is a joke, and a lot of times in some places it is! But the ones that truly care are out there! Those that truly do care, I hope they continue to care because if we stop caring who's gonna care!

[@pamelav.5699]

@@JacquelineHart-z1q Sometimes it does seem like the medical field is a joke. Sometimes in some places it is! But there are truly people in the medical field that do care and those that do care I hope they continue to care because if we stop caring who is gonna care! Too many medical mistakes have made people aware that something is wrong with the medical system! Yes people make mistakes but in the medical field it seems to have been too much! Wishing the best for us all!

[@andrewjohnson4021]

That's because they've been hoarding all the painkillers for themselves or something. None of us are going there for that unless we actually have things that we need them for and even if you know you have something wrong these physicians these days there's a lot wrong with them and they don't know how to treat the patients correctly anymore. A lot of them are ex-military members also that's a big part of the issue is you no longer have regular civilian doctors in those places. Who operate with a heart and a feeling's more so than somebody that's been in the military. And I know this isn't always part of it but I've noticed it has been a real issue. With civilian and civilian medicine.

[@TT-y1b]

Years and years ago my mother went through this… she accidentally overheard one doctor in the hall call her a hypochondriac and was furious. Then she finally went to an excellent arthritis specialist who finally diagnosed her with scleroderma. He helped her battle her symptoms for literally the rest of her life. Medical gaslighting has been going on for a long, long time…

[@circa1890]

These are heartbreaking accounts.. I want to hug each one and tell her how sorry I am that they went through this and that I hope that it has now stopped. I'm a woman in the research sciences so I walk into my doctor's office with a list of blood draws and procedures that they will approve. I just say "hey, it's my life, my health at stake, and my health insurance - now do it". And send them the journal articles to back it up. Just went through menopause and had to educate my doctor on what actually came out of that WIH paper and what the science actually is. I realize I've been very lucky and feel so much for my fellow sisters (and brothers) who have dealt with medical gaslighting.. 😢

[@SatumainenOlento]

Oh but you are doing mighty work as our ambassor! ❤ I am sure that those doctors are learning from your influence and then they influence other doctors... Thank you so much! ❤

[@Freedom-2BME]

We could fill a million volumes of personal accounts of medical gaslighting 😢 I experienced being cut open during a c-section op under general anaesthetic, drugs didn’t work, paralysed me, I could feel everything but couldn’t move or speak…was hell During second pregnancy I asked for a epidural the doctor made fun of my account, said there was no specialist avail to do epidural and ‘it won’t happen again, and us doctors prefer it when you’re under as we don’t have to be worries about what we are saying’ and laughed It happened again during the second C-section, the paralysis, the excruciating pain… I was impacted psychologically for decades Years later I found his contact and rang him… he had absolutely NO empathy or care factor… he was COLD Likely concerned about medical litigation, but it was well past the two year statute of limitation (or so I was told by lawyers) 50 years later and I would still love to be able to sue for Medical Malpractice It’s the being silenced that’s the most damaging of all

[@sunshinegirl1967]

@@Freedom-2BME oh my dear!!! Bless your heart and SHAME on those doctors!!!! Same thing happened to my poor daddy, paralyzed not anesthetized, felt it all. The anesthesiologist came to check on him in recovery while my mom and I were at his side. Daddy told him he felt the surgery and was still shaking. Anesthesia blew him off laughing - high as a kite btw - and said "well you should've kicked a little higher!" I wanted to call administration right then and report him, test his blood for drugs. But daddy was scared to do anything while still under their care.

[@SatumainenOlento]

Horrifying experience and that was awful gaslighting when it is known phenemonal. Anesthesia fails and there is more stories about that should be!!!

[@francesthompson1324]

@@Freedom-2BME I have had sciatic pain since '97. The epidural numbed me so much that I couldn't "feel" to push my Baby. The second experience was better.

[@charlottestandage2765]

Thank you for sharing your stories. My identical twin sister was diagnosed with hEDS in 2014 by two doctors (one consultant and one professor). I have been experiencing symptoms for many years. I went to my GP and asked 4 a referral to rheumatology. When i saw the doctor she asked me why i came and i explained that my identical twin sister had been diagnosed with hEDS a few years ago. She replied "isnt it handy that she was diagnosed with the only type that doesn't have a genetic marker). She then asked me to do the beighton scale and as i was bending my thumb to my forearm she looked away and she stated "your not even hypermobile". So i printed out my sister's two diagnosis letters and took them to the hypermobility clinic where i scored 7/9 on the beigton scale snd was diagnosed with hEDS on the same day. My previous GP surgery did not like the fact that i had a diagnosis of hEDS and he gaslit me really badly. I cannot repeat what he said as it was so vile. So i changed GP surgery but i still have difficulty going to any doctor since this experience. It was just such an abuse of power and position. I felt like i could hardly move for about a year after this felt like i was stuck. The mental anguish it causes is immeasurable. Thank you again for sharing your stories. It was so brave. Xxx

[@lavintella]

I have also been diagnosed with hEDS and I experienced the same issues as you many years after my diagnosis, some doctors don't seem to believe hEDS exists just because the mutation that causes it is unknown currently and now that I suffer from a suspected ankylosing spondylitis, I'm losing my brighton's score because my joints and spine have become stiff and some doctors gave me a hard time because of that. I was diagnosed by two doctors separately in 2016, a reknown geneticist doctor and a physical medicine doctor specialized in EDS but some doctors still think that they know better and try to question my diagnosis while I come in consultation with them for another problem. That's anxiety inducing.

[@sunshinegirl1967]

I'm a RN and it's no wonder no one wants to go to the doctor. I was practically told by one cardiologist that I was wasting his time. Another one didn't say those words but yawned during our conversation and near the end said "well if the PVC's bother you, you could take flecainide". Practically all doctors gaslight.

[@SB-mm9zh]

Totally agree. It seems to me that it's rare these days to find the occasional doctor who has the ability to actually listen to their patient let alone believe them. So many people I know have experienced this. I'm personally lucky to be alive having complained of symptoms for two years only to find out I had a pancreatic tumour (benign at that point but normally at that size they are cancerous). None of them (two GP practices, four GPs, at least three specialists of different kinds apologised having treated me like an idiot. On the contrary, I was treated as the enemy after that and have been since. The only thing that gives me hope regarding the medical profession are doctors like Dr. Gupta.

[@carlenekingery8860]

I am having the same issue with PVC’s that come and go. I’ve tried getting a good diagnosis done but the problem is supposedly only treatable with Metoprolol. Horrible side effects!

[@brubeker12]

To many Doctors are taking the mickey especially GP,s . My surgery has 4 GP,s all part time and you never see then just practice nurses who are doing their jobs for them but on half the pay. I truly believe that many GPs in the UK have gone on work to rule and want the NHS to be privatised so foing the bare minimum.

[@leoniegray6404]

Often "made to feel silly or embarrassed " at the gp s ......YEP think that's in the training .

[@sunshinegirl1967]

@@SB-mm9zh I hate to disillusion you but the doctor who yawned and dismissed me was Dr Gupta. To be fair, I didn't not expect a miracle from a half hour $100 something phone call. But I did expect more than that.

[@Joyful1959]

I started to have edema on my lower legs and bad shortness of breath. I called my doctor's office and spoke to a nurse. She said it's your heart failure. I told her I was never diagnosed. Next appointment with my cardiologists, my husband asked him when was he going to tell us I had heart failure. He asked us, "what would it have changed, I thought you knew." I said I'm not the doctor. How was I supposed to know. I had problems for several years. He'd know for 8 months but never said a word. Never went back.

[@Cat-no8ts]

You should report him!

[@Out_on_a_Limb_Life]

'Heart failure' is the most ridiculous name for this condition. I have to wonder who on earth thought that was a good idea. Oh, silly me, it was probably a doctor!

[@francesthompson1324]

Some conditions can be reversed. This makes me infuriated. Very unprofessional. My mother's office withheld her bloodwork for two months.

[@PredatorZzGaming]

Go Dr Gupta!!!!. Thank you for championing the chronically ill.xx

[@gabriellew6467]

Thank you, Dr Gupta. One tends to feel diminished by medical gaslighting, to the point of doubting oneself. Thank you to all the participants for coming forward.

[@elizabethcritchfield6647]

My heart goes out to all of these people. I was diagnosed with ME/CFS 10 years ago after seeing my GP about the awful fatigue I had. After all likely causes had been ruled out, he diagnosed ME. I have been lucky in that he, my current GP and the practice nurse are very understanding but despite some improvement in the NHS, there is still a long way to go. A recent inquest highlighted the death of a young woman with severe ME from malnutrition - starvation - because the hospital staff didn't understand the illness. I have read horrendous accounts of children being taken from their parents who were accused of making things up; one mother was even accused of Munchhausen by proxy. It beggars belief that such appalling things can happen. I am 80, creaking a bit, need cataracts dealt with, and dealing with ME that is borderline moderate. I dread the thought of having to go into hospital. Thank you Dr Gupta for letting these people speak out.

[@alsci2489]

Women and menopause. Big area for gaslighting. GPs need to be educated on peri menopause and menopause. Especially MHT.

[@CYndibabI]

💭💭 amen 🙏🏻 to this comment YESSSSSS 👍🏻

[@SatumainenOlento]

And endometriosis and PCOS and signs of ovarian cancer and oh yeah, heart attack signs on women! 😅 It seems like they should go back to the drawing board and understand that other sex exist, is 51% population and they never realised how different it was 😅 Home studies guys, you even failed those! 😅

[@Rabswood296]

@@alsci2489 i suffered terribly for 3 years with menopause symptoms eventually went on HRT patches, having asked for this treatment myself as i was unaware that my symptoms were part of the menopause until I joined a Facebook page. Hrt patches - it was like a miracle had happened, symptoms vanished

[@Rabswood296]

@@SatumainenOlento yes I was gas lit over endometriosis, not diagnosed until i was 37 suffered for a further 10 years then found out by chance that the mini pill was the answer to my prayers aged 47 as it stopped my periods and problem solved... until menopause that was, then 3 years of hell until I discovered HRT patches thanks to a Facebook menopause page!

[@pamelav.5699]

@@alsci2489 Yes! Would be very helpful to have more clinics that dealt with nutritional values & stress problems! Places that could provide some of these helpers with a very low cost if any cost at all!

[@elainesmusic473]

ME/CFS and MS here. I gave up on them because they gave up on me. Dr, thank you for exposing this ubiquitous issue.

[@dfinite1111]

Ditto!

[@californiadreamin5093]

About 20 years ago, I was experiencing bouts of tachycardia. One time, I was lying in bed having a pleasant chat with a friend on the phone, when my heart rate went up to 180 and kept climbing. I called an ambulance. Of course, by the time I got there, my heart rate went down to normal. The doctors in the emergency poo pooed me, and told me I was having a panic attack. My GP also dismissed it. I never have panic attacks. I have another bad bout, went to a cardiologist who put me on a halter monitor. I had a really bad bout while on the monitor and sure enough, I have afib.

[@deana1111]

Thank you so much for this video. This is such an important topic, I have experienced this so much in my lifetime. Recently I went to an older white male doctor. I was lying down in the waiting room and I couldn't sit through the appointment. I told him that I couldn't stand up for long without horrendous migraines. He basically offered me antidepressants and told me he wouldn't send me for any tests. I could tell he thought i just looked for attention. I went to another doctor. I was diagnosed with IIH. Idiopathic Intracranial Hypotension. It can cause blindness if left untreated. I sent him a letter telling him that he was wrong and he treated me very poorly. I think this is very important so they know they misdiagnosed a patient. Hopefully if enough patients do this they will start to listen

[@sunshinegirl1967]

I'm the one whose pcp told me what turned out to be melanoma was nothing. I called the office to talk to him and tell him how wrong he was. He no longer worked there! Literally one week after I had seen him he was gone. His name is Dr Harold Sours in Atlanta Georgia in North Druid Hills.

[@SatumainenOlento]

Yes! I am going to write letter when I finally get my diagnosis!

[@sadie45]

My mother was told she had depression. Died of pancreatic cancer. Dr. called to our house crying. My father had to be held back from hitting him.

[@junewray8384]

I cant come to grips with being told that dr will only listen to one complaint when you go to them ... knowing what patient is experiencing could lead to a better diagnosis surely ..

[@versewriter8123]

Very few doctors look at their patients as a whole

[@Alienethful]

I also find this ridiculous. You can have 10 symptoms and 1 cause.

[@lorrainecleaver6792]

I can SO relate to this, especially the Scottish lady's experience with Endocrinologists. Thyroid patients are constantly told they have somatoform disorder and that their TSH is 'normal'. Normal for whom?! But identify as the opposite sex for five minutes and they'll happily dole out sex hormones. Disgusting.

[@anne-louisegoldie]

It's disgraceful but they do it because women are regarded as less than. Unless it's about pregnancy. Also, women are far less likely to punch their doctor in the face for medical abuse than men might. Good advice in the video to take someone along with you to your appointments. As a support and as a witness.

[@madauntydulcie]

I always put my phone in my handbag with the mic uppermost and record the consult. It would not hold up in court but it would on KZbin if I ever needed to and at least I can play it to other doctors to display what bad practice sounds like. I am very assertive now but have been gaslit a gazillion times. I’m ahead of them now and mostly self treat but it should never have happened. Well done to these women and to the Lawyers Creating the Template !

[@lorrainecleaver6792]

@@madauntydulcie I've done the same thing in the past although I also self treat now as their way was killing me slowly and painfully. Never felt better since avoiding these monsters.

[@mst1740]

@@lorrainecleaver6792 I'm getting to that stage.

[@LettyK]

I had an appointment with a doctor once that made me feel very uncomfortable. He kept his head down and didn't make eye contact with me throughout the short appointment. He was totally and utterly uninterested in what I had to say and made me feel guilty to be a patient. I couldn't get out of there fast enough, My conclusion, the guy had either been in the job too long or was in the wrong job. Had personal problems weighing him down? I don't know, but he really should not have been in practice.

[@Seek_Him]

Could have been having a bad day?❤

[@DuvAngel1]

They know they get paid the moment they walk in the room that’s all they have to do and they can bill their standard fee matter what they do or not do. on average I think it’s around at least $300 for a GP and about $500 for a specialist for an ‘office visit’!!!

[@naomic4009]

The first cardiologist I saw after my negative tilt table test admitted she wasn't an expert in POTS and would refer me to another specialist in the trust. In isolation, that's good care. Unfortunately, this was after a 20 minute appointment that scarred me. She asked why I wanted to be sick. She inferred my research and medical terminology was indicative of obsession, when I thought I was doing the right thing and trying to be as helpful as possible. She had me in floods of tears, which I've since heard is often how patients and even other HCWs who work with her leave interactions. This fact helped me to resolve some of the negative impact it had on my sense of self, but destroyed my faith in healthcare.

[@lavintella]

I have been facing the same issue as you since I'm more knowledgeable about my health issues and know the complex terminology. Many doctors don't let me explain my symptoms further as long as I don't explain to them if I'm a doctor or a student in medecine and as I'm neither of them, they also think it must be an obsession linked to hypochondria. And when I try to simplify the terms for them so that they don't freak out that I know that much, they often dismiss my concerns as it's easier to do for them when my explanation is less specific because I don't use the proper medical terms and they don't search for the suspected pathology. Only once I encountered a doctor that truly appreciated that I was knowledgeable about my conditions : it was a geneticist doctor, a smart man who likes his patients to be well informed.

[@synappticuser7296]

So good to have this video! Thank you for making it. The medical gaslighting that takes place in the British NHS is absolutely shocking!

[@KewKew-do3kq]

I'm a guy, I had a female doctor laugh at me when I told her I had to tape my toes together to stop them twitching. I have pots which is causing progressively worse neuropathy and was told to do CBT

[@jmc8076]

Agreed. I’m a woman and have been dismissed by female MDs too.

[@michele0324]

I have POTS too. It took me 4+ decades to be diagnosed and only 1 year to learn it's a meaningless diagnosis without an understanding of what's causing SNS activation when upright and whether or not the symptoms of this syndrome are in fact independent medical conditions such as Small fiber neuropathy, Peripheral neuropathy, Raynaud's etc. which can be attributed to autonomic dysfunction, vascular issues and sometimes biomechanical issues. I hope you're open to finding a physician who's willing to look for the underlying cause. I understand it can be a taxing process. I lost sensation and normal movement in several toes 3 years ago. I had an MRI and EMG/NCV. Apparently it's not a nerve being impinged in my lumbar spine or nerve damage that's causing this issue. So the search continues.

[@shawnshawn7477]

Lyme or mold mycotoxins

[@G.G.8GG]

​ I surely wish you all the best. I have the toe twitching and several other nerve problems, some of which cause chronic loss of sleep and other difficulties. Also a neuro driven rash/itch. As usual the docs just don't believe me and look at me and smile and try to make me believe no one else but me is having these things so it must be just in my head. One PA yelled at me that old people don't really need anything and that I need to just get it out of my head that there's anything wrong with me. Then the doctor in her office said she must have just had a bad day. Another doc told me I couldn't have reacted to a certain medication because none of his other patients have. I'm really tired of paying to be dismissed and put down so I'm taking a vacation from doctors for awhile.

[@jbeauty4150]

@@G.G.8GG what is wrong with these doctors? I've experienced the same.

[@AndrewOudin]

The overwhelming majority of my experiences with doctors has been like this. Plantar fasciitis... doctor ignored me, recommended surgery prior to any other treatment. Vision problems... pvd diagnosed without any listening, tests, or looking at my eyes. Dentists don't convey what is for health vs what is cosmetic. I take responsibility for my own health, and imagine what most doctors tell me about that. Of course I'm not allowed to understand medical terms or concepts, so if I read scientific studies I am being foolish, since its above my station in life to understand statistics and/or big words. Thankfully there are some real doctors out there. My cardiologist was great. I did find a good orthopedic surgeon who prescribed physical therapy.

[@Oldgreycowboy]

I was gaslighted for clogged arteries. Fought the cardioligist for 2 years. Finally went in for a full workup, I lasted 1 minute. Couldn’t breath. Next day me & my wife went for the results. Was told, the numbers look good, go home & stay hydrated (go home & drink water). I raised my voice and I said I’m not OK, I can’t breath. A different Dr heard me and came in, listened to my heart. He had me come in the next morning at 5:30am. He did an angiogram. Found I had 2 totally blocked arteries, & 2 90% blocked arteries. The next day he opened my chest and did a quadruple bypass. My cardio team all cancelled on me when I was in pre-op, ready to go into the operating room. The other Dr was a visiting cardiologist from 2 hrs away. Never saw him before or after, but a stranger came in, operated on me saved my life and never saw him again. I changed Drs to another hospital. But I have had this same experience with 3 other emergency issues. This is what the corporations have done to our medical system here in the United States.

[@catherinedamico4596]

I was gaslight for years accused of being a pot head or an alcoholic. I experience episodes of intense epigastric pain that is so bad I vomit everything up and cannot sleep or eat for days and end up checking myself inpatient in the hospital. Doctors lecture me about my life choices the whole time and even denied me pain meds last time. Turns out I was born with a condition called congenital dorsal pancreatic agenesis. I was born without most of my pancreas. I just found this out at 37yo. I have probably been experiencing pancreatitis.

[@Starlight22215]

As a rtd RN I could tell you many a tale about doctors from personal and professional experience. There was a well known gag amongst nurses that if you could hear doctors talking about your bowels they didn’t have a clue. There is also a huge gap between treatment that benefits and the life of the patient, which is rarely if ever considered. The entire healthcare system needs to be pulled down and started from scratch. The first place any patient should visit is a nutritionist.

[@barbarahaller79]

The medical field is not what it used to be. I have been gaslight too. It could have cost me my life...Finally a cardiologist did the tests and found my leaking valves and other issues.

[@Alienethful]

Me too. My pvc's and tachycardia were dismissed as anxiety because I was young.

[@Connie-e9x]

Canadian here....most doctors I have had over the years should not even have a practice.....they dismiss you like your a smelly dead road kill..... taking up their valuable time... your stupid and not worth listening to... mentally abusive... yell at you.... but they do one good thing... motivate you to look after your own health so you do not have to be subjected to trauma of an office visit.... yes, there are some very good doctors, in my own case they were in the minority..... funny how these abusive types love hypochondriacs......

[@lavintella]

I agree 100%, it's the same problem in Europe too.

[@JoU-dn5by]

Sad to hear this. There are still good caring doctors. We exist.

[@suzanneemerson2625]

@@JoU-dn5by Where are you?!

[@jeffreybaier5312]

Sadly in the United States this part of Healthcare too. In fact I was a victim of medical malpractice and ended up in a cardiac unit. Thanks Dr. Gupta.

[@ValenceFlux]

I nearly lost my leg and couldn't even walk on it for over a year. The pain spread up my back and inflamed my neck. It was so awful when I had trouble breathing. I was lucky to finally get a good doctor who put me on a life saving treatments and it took years to get it under control. It's not something I would of wanted to talk about but it's what I went through. The details of it were really outrageous. Leaving that medical center seems to have been the best decision I've made in my health care. Even my girlfriends cancer was missed after all the scans they suddenly found cancer that spread so fast they gave her two weeks to live. I had no idea that was even possible. That was the same medical center in Boston.

[@jeffreybaier5312]

@ValenceFlux 🙏 for you, glad you made it. Sorry, your girlfriend went thru that.

[@michellesmith5436]

I saw video of three women post mRNA injection with severe hard to watch neurological problems and they were told they had conversion disorder, a psychiatric diagnosis.

[@hadassahm3016]

Don't even get me started!! My NHS cardiologist took one look at my tilt table test, ignored the fact that I had a clinically significant postural drop from about 125/88 to 88/61mmHg, and discharged me without even talking to me!! After waiting for 4 years! A psychiatrist tried to gaslight me and diagnosed my chronic palpitations and tachycardia as Emotionally unstable personality disorder. I had to make a formal complaint to get it removed from my records

[@deana1111]

Did you get a diagnosis?

[@hadassahm3016]

@@deana1111 I had to go private after that which is when I finally got diagnosed

[@janmargaret7972]

They did a tilt test on my husband. Gave him too much of whatever they use and it stopped his heart. I will never trust doctors or the NHS again. Fortunately he is ok now. They never explain what they are doing and why. If he ever has to go to see a doctor now I always go with him to ask questions. Being an ex nurse I have a good idea of what to ask but they don’t like it when you question them.

[@svharken6907]

Been living with gaslighting for 14 years.... found my magnesium deficiency here and it saved my life... i can move again.

[@laurapearson3370]

Most people are magnesium and vitamin D deficient, people need to take care of their own health as much as possible

[@jbeauty4150]

How much did you take? I'm trying to treat undetected magnesium deficiency but lots of side effects from magnesium.

[@andrewjohnson4021]

If you have a magnesium deficiency you can use epsom salt directly on your skin every time you bathe and or shower. And this technique also helps lower your cortisol levels which will help fight depression.

[@Alienethful]

I​@@laurapearson3370 I was mocked by the GP when I asked if vitamin deficiencies could cause my symptoms.

[@genossinwaabooz4373]

D deficiency can result in severe symptoms, as happened to me.

[@raffaellavitiello1762]

Brought back so many horrible memories.

[@dianegriffen2756]

When I talk to my gp about ongoing symptoms that are getting worse I am told "so what's new". When I talk about new symptoms that have come about often from ongoing symptoms not being addressed, I am told "what do you want me to do about it?" I have spoken to him frequently about chest pain and shortness of breath, it doesn't even get put on my records. ECG has shown a tachacardia issue. GP says "ECG is wrong". I feel silenced by him. I am now 53. In four years I have gone from someone who can get about, loved walking, etc. I can now barely walk, in acute pain, and walk with a zimmer frame. I have frequent falls and unconscious on the floor for frequently around 4 hours. Getting more injuries from each fall. I can barely walk the 10 meters from one end of my home to the other without chest pain and out of breath. GP has no interest. After a bad fall last September where I hit my head (12 months now), I have had a awful headache - told by my gp he "doesn't feel it" - well I'm glad he doesn't! When I last spoke to GP he told me "you have to trust me because I am a doctor". I told him I don't trust doctors, I trust honesty, accountability, truth, transparency, and I trust my body. Thank you to these ladies for sharing their stories, and thank you for this video.

[@Rabswood296]

I have heard the same sentence 'what do you want me to do about it?' although I think the GP was genuinely asking me, although I am not the doctor. The doctor should be telling me what can be done!

[@kristie5102]

Absolutely get a new doctor. That's beyound unacceptable & unprofessional. Have u seen a cardiologist?

[@Serenity7250]

I couldnt be upright without horrific head pain. In A and E the nurses said 'oh it must be nice to have someone looking after you now' after I told them I could no longer live alone or feed myself. A particular Dr was especially problematic until I fought for an MRI that showed all my brain fluid was leaking out. Never saw any of them again after the positive images. I got to London and saw the CSF leak specialists who apologised for my treatment. I'm now 8 months post surgery. Also had MRIs being misread im thinking about revisiting it all.

[@userjarabecko]

Those assholes need jail

[@glow808]

We ought to have a legal entity to report this abuse from doctors. And once something gets in my/your chart it goes forward to other doctors. I/we can't change the false/errant data. Traumatizing.

[@Larine2024]

Same happened to me I started recording the conversations just in case and the paperwork they'd twist things that said gaslit me sooooo bad writing down things that I didn't say to fit their narrative as*holes. Then when you take the time to correct it all the lies their well we probably won't be able to change everything or why would we write that if you didn't say that.....piss me off I still have the recordings stating the truth of what was said.....just in case liars it's sooooo traumatizing😢😢😢

[@andrewjohnson4021]

We really do need one. Because they're stealing from the taxpayers charging them for these visits while they're not helping them and the government is paying for a lot of that. And then they're making sure they get double and triple bills out of people by giving them multiple reasons to come back for the same issue. Or issues.

[@Donna-st]

Yes this is a brilliant video, so glad you have posted this!..I have been treated so appallingly and shockingly at times over the years of severe chronic illness ,that i no longer go for tests that i should be having due to the phobia i have now developed of the so called medical profession..They truly scare me...very dark establishment that harms people more than they help them in many cases especially those with chronic illness.

[@izabella1944]

Thank you so much good doctor for bring this abuse to light. I have been bed bund with ME for years. My mom asked my daughters paediatrician about my illness and the doctor who never met me who my parents trusted said I had a mental illness. That was so painful to hear. Also, my husband went to a walk in clinic once and my health condition came up. That dr. said he feels for my husband as it is a mental illness that can be a huge burden on a family. Horrible non of these doctors have met or even examined me.

[@carolf2381]

I'm so sorry you're going through this. My heart breaks for you. I'll keep you in my prayers 🙏

[@izabella1944]

@@carolf2381 thank you. Amen

[@anne-louisegoldie]

That's what they're taught by other doctors, that it's a mental disorder, that's what they're taught in Medical Schools in the UK. It's still in the standard textbook of Clinical Medicine by Kumar and Clark, all medical students must use it. There's a new cohort of students starting right now, and they will still be taught that ME is a psychiatric condition. It's a medical scandal, one where people continue to die from Myalgic Encephalomyelitis because doctors insist it's all in their heads and treat them accordingly. 😢xx

[@NaveenSharma-o6v]

Thanks Dr Gupta, for sharing a very genuine problem faced by patients globally. You are a very caring, sensitive and nice human being apart from a very Good Doctor. Keep up the Good work , my best wishes 👍

[@robertnewell5057]

I spent the last 20 odd years of my professional life analysing psychological and medical research. Protocols are incredibly important. I regret that they are often used as a rationing device and health care practitioners are encouraged to use them in this way. The evidence based medicine approach has gained a great deal of traction over the years, but most of its advocates ignore the point that it is supposed to be a process, not a product. Although it is a huge improvement on personal opinion and professional tradition, it is meaningless if its limits are not recognised, if it is used without interpretation and if it results in ignoring patients' individuality.

[@SheilaMore-l4v]

Finding a good doctor that will listen to what you’re going through and that really cares and truly help you seems like finding a needle in a haystack. I feel sorry for anyone that goes through all this horrible pain and agony. I have been through a lot of horrible pain and agony and still haven’t yet got the correct help hopefully I will soon but if you find a good doctor, you’re very fortunate thanks for this video. May God help all of y’all find someone to listen and help because we all need to be heard and helped because we’re the ones going to the misery and the pain, and they certainly wouldn’t wanna have to be going through it at the tables was turned

[@lindaelmoursi6151]

I have been gaslighted so many times I can't count. Been sick with undiagnosed illness for 48 years and told if u come back were going to send u to the psychiatric hospital and even 1 doctor did his finger in a circle around his head as if I'm crazy and I saw his shadow doing that against the wall talking to a nurse! There is so many more times I left the ER or a doctors office crying and they could care less. I now have 3 stents and was always told I don't know why u can't breath or with severe SVT when my bpm were 270 on a holter monitor numerous times and severe pvc its all in ur head finally 1 doctor tested me and found some of this stuff but I have way more symptoms infact many and always sets off my heart which I have no idea when it might be truly another blockage or heart attack rather than the other issues I've had since I was 20! I'm lucky to be alive since they waited a month to do the heart cath to find one blockage was 99% 1 was 95 and 1 was 80-90 he said and were widowmakers!

[@FullTimePatient37]

I want to hug you all 😢 I have been gaslit for so many years especially for my hydrocephalus, despite having proof of high pressure or low pressure in my brain, postponing my surgeries, or stopping them, telling me just to be on pain meds and see therapists to which I did both, and still they don't take me seriously.. My brain is a mess, and I believe it's because of my complicated case, they don't want to see me 😢 I currently still have collapsed ventriculars, and drs not even wanting to change the pressure of my programmable device.. I'm completely bed ridden with pain 😢

[@Seek_Him]

To all these brave people, I'm sorry for the abuse. Well people do Not go to the doctor. 😢

[@JoU-dn5by]

Well people need to make sure they are really well at least once a year.

[@binathere2574]

I go for blood tests. I doctor myself from that point on.

[@Out_on_a_Limb_Life]

Thank you so much for highlighting this chronic issue. Personally I could write a book on gaslighting. Just one example: I have had 3 children and with every one the nursing staff have insisted I was not in labour when I told them I was. The first child, the midwife told me I wasn't in labour and the baby's head started crowning literally as she was walking out the door of my room. The second one, again, the Matron insisted I wasn't in labour. When I made a fuss she eventually begrudgingly sent me to the labour ward. An hour later I had an emergency caesarian because of foetal distress. By the third one I'd given up on the hospitals due to numerous problems I'd had with my previous two pregnancies and was booked for a home birth. I went into labour several times which then stopped as soon as the midwife came, so the third time it happened she asked me to go to the hospital to see a doctor just to make sure all was well. The doctor said I wasn't in labour so we left. An hour later I gave birth on the living room floor! (Very happy outcome as the doctor had wanted to keep me in hospital for several weeks, then induce labour and 'probably do another caesarean'.) And just to clarify, it's not their being wrong that was the gaslighting. Being wrong is just being wrong. It was the shockingly patronising way they told me (wrongly) that I didn't know my own body, that they were right and I was wrong. That's what burns.

[@dianelouise3944]

Part of the problem is that there is no feedback loop for doctors when they misdiagnose or dismiss symptoms. The patient goes to another doctor who correctly diagnoses, but the original doctor is rarely informed of their mistake. In the case of the son with tachycardia for example, the doctor who refused to order a heart monitor may act differently next time if they were informed that the boy was later correctly diagnosed with tachycardia.

[@lisat9802]

Thank you for posting this video Dr Gupta. I feel very blessed that my primary care dr. Is a kind Dr who listens and never gas lights me.

[@jacquelinesheenan599]

Went to 5 GPs in the same practice over 3 years with stomach pain. Then developed ulcers in my mouth for a year. Sometimes 30 at a time. Was told over and over it was stress. Ended up having emergency surgery to remove my bowel! Developed a bone infection while there too. Not the docs fault. I was just so sick by that stage they were wonderful to keep me alive. Took months to settle and years to get off crutches. When the leg started to get red again I went to my GP at that time and she wanted to put me in antidepressants but I insisted on antibiotics . Eventually after walking on it and it starting to turn black I went to an orthopedic clinic and snuck into a doc. He tried to throw me out til I showed him my leg. He admitted me immediately. I could have lost the leg.

[@jayneread2178]

As a young woman I experienced horrific period pains from the age of 11, with vomiting and diarrhea. I visited several doctors and gynaecologists over the years who offered no help, it was evident to me that they thought I was exaggerating. When a nurse told me " if you think that's bad you just wait until you have a baby" As a consequence, I decided never to have any children. I even requested sterilisation, but they would not help me with that either. I am now 66 and when Perimenopause arrived, my periods would not stop at 54 so I chose to take HRT and what a relief, it all stopped. It was at a time when women were discouraged from using HRT for fear of breast cancer and other life-threatening medical issues. I figured that I would take the risk just to live my life ( however short) WITHOUT the pain that had plagued my life. As it happens it was the best decision to protect me into my wiser years and I am finally free of pain......YAY! From the many conversations I have had with women, it would appear that it is mainly women who experience this gaslighting, or perhaps more women visit their doctors in search of solutions.

[@Rabswood296]

I had a similar experience as i had endometriosis but was always told to take paracetamol and have a hot water bottle. I was eventually diagnosed in my late 30's but suffered for a further 10 years every month until I was in my late 40's when I found out by chance that the mini pill would stop my periods and all my problems were over!

[@Alienethful]

Yes! I spoke to a GP about getting symptoms cyclically and hormones may be an issue. I asked when I can get medical help and she said when I lose the will to live.

[@Rabswood296]

@@Alienethful that's disgusting, get another doctor!

[@abracadaverous]

Thank you for sharing your stories, and thanks to Dr. Gupta for turning this episode over to patients who need to be heard. Infuriatingly, it seems vastly more common to be medically gaslit if you are a woman, and especially a woman of color. It's a problem in the US as well. I hope this declaration has a wide, positive impact on patients' lives.

[@MontrealTribalFusion]

I've been medically gaslight. It two two years to get a massive ovarian cyst diagnosed despite my symptoms being classic. Good thing it wasn't cancer. My Aunt was medically gaslight for two years, and finally was taken seriously one week before her death when they realized she had cancer all along and it has spread to literally everywhere. She kept being told she was trying to get attention and just losing weight due to anorexia. My aunt deserved so much better than that. I'm so angry. She went to so many hospitals and doctors begging to be heard. No one would listen. She was only 55 when she passed.

[@Larine2024]

That breaks my heart for her and you God bless her and you😢❤they basically have blood on their hands for that shear evil I am so sorry

[@mst1740]

So sorry for your loss. My sister got ovarian cancer in her late 30s. Her GP had previously said it was fibroids but she saw a locum one day who sent her for a scan. Turned out she had a 10cm stage 2 tumour! That was 16 years ago and she's still doing well, thankfully. Her only symptoms beside the heavy periods were indigestion and a pain in her thigh/s. My advice to women is to keep pushing. Lie about the severity of your symptoms if you have to, but make sure they check you over properly!

[@AmandaViolinGirl]

A lot of this has happened to diabetics who have reversed their diabetes with a low carb diet but yet they still get told to eat a low fat diet. I'm not a diabetic but know several diabetics who now eat low carb high fat.

[@versewriter8123]

LCHF is the right way to eat - the body needs fat as much as it needs protein

[@binathere2574]

I also know of several people who reversed both type 1 and type 2 with eating healthy carbohydrate and protein.

[@susanmundy8037]

Well done everyone for speaking out - this is what needs to happen - brave, brave people.

[@erikblomberg625]

Everything I've been seen for is either blamed on anxiety or sleep apnea. Which I do have both but give me a break.

[@hjcdormouse7337]

Why do all these, accounts, so oh so familiar.... add in for myself I am a nurse it feels like I am in a glass box screaming and no one hears until suddenly someone does or a blood test or xray flags up and then suddenly hmmm what I have been saying for years they in part listen to.... It is exhausting

[@jmc8076]

As a woman I’ve been gaslit and dismissed by fe/male MDs over many yrs. Systems and culture starting w/med schools and training play roles incl Canada. This isn’t to excuse personal responsibility. Peace and health. 🙏 Dr Gupta. PS even after being dx you may still have to push for proper (or any) treatment plan. We can’t just be sick.

[@fm71450]

Dear Sir, the condition of patients being “written off” by medical personnel is quite common in my experience, also. To balance this, I must also state that THE MAJORITY of medical personnel WITH WHOM I MET did their best. From the west side of the Atlantic, thank you for bringing this subject up. Respectfully,

[@thejrc561]

This is epidemic!! I’ve been yelled at, told I just need a psychiatrist, called demanding on “My Chart” because I wanted another halter monitor, I’ve been laughed at. They were happy to do an ablation, then when I started having heart pauses that made me pass out, they put in a pacemaker. But when I walk, sometimes just stand up, my chest squeezes and I get short of breath. Do they do another halter monitor, or even hook me up to a monitor while I exert? Wouldn’t that be common sense? If they had to live this way they would want something done! I’ve been told I will be able to learn to live with it.

[@ValerieBell-h8w]

Thanks for doing this video. I feel for all of you that have experienced this. I was gaslit for decades. Instead of investigating my gut issues, I was only treated for a the side effect of insomnia. Being on the medication for years, left me with a terrible protracted withdrawal syndrome, which I’m still dealing with 3 years later.

[@silverbullet2008bb]

This happens more than you might think.

[@rashkehof2458]

I've posted a comment here twice and both times it disappeared... So, i'll try to rephrase my message: we need a totally new healthcare system which is good, heartful and helpful!

[@lavintella]

KZbin often considers multiple editing or reposting as spams unfortunately.

[@TheTXMamaDuck]

I flat out told my doctor to stop gaslighting me at my last appointment. I talked to him like an errant school boy, chastised him for abusive language, and told him he is more intelligent than that, and that I wasn't angry but I was disappointed in him. He got up, tapped me on the shoulder and walked out. His PA could barely contain her laughter. I asked her if it was something I said. She just said no and told me I was right.

[@ToninFightsEntropy]

Thank you for making heard what needs to be heard!!! My story is just alike the lady collapsing and not knowing what to say about it, and it's still going on, no idea, no help. I could write a book on what I've been through with this but the stress of reliving it all again and again is a bit much for me.. I've spoken up so many times and have worn myself out from seeking help to the point that I have waking nightmares about it. But videos speaking up like this make huge change. Maybe with enough influences like this, doctors will finally start to look at the patients again, and their heads back out of their textbooks and schedules.

[@mystatinfreelife]

Anyone who has suffered adverse effects from medications is likely to run into gaslighting. In my case it was from statins but I'm sure it happens with many other medications.

[@zogzog1063]

Yeah Sanjay - thanks for this. I am Andrei - a lawyer practicing in property law in NZ. I have an amateur interest in food and nutrition. This is my insight: There is a disease and I call it Professor's Disease. Highly intelligent people, and this includes everyone who gets through med school, are usually right. But in the words of PG Woodhouse it is a fatal mistake to confuse the Impossible with the Improbable. Time and Money are valuable. The doctors here have not expended time. I am 99.9% sure they have the ability to help their patients. In my field it is routine to refer a client out where the issue is not within one's area of expertise. In my humble opinion these doctors should have simply said 'I am going to refer you to a specialist'. As an aside there is no shame in this. GPs in my estimation are themselves specialists - specialists in common ailments.

[@sunshinegirl1967]

@@zogzog1063 good insights thanks!!

[@sanjaygupta583]

thank you so much - this is excellent insight

[@K4ttyK4t]

Thank you for raising this - I was medically gaslit by my GP, and struggled for two more years before being diagnosed with severe CAD - I still hold very deep trauma

[@artsmart]

Doctor spend years in school and then rediculously long hours in hospitals learning more so-called practicle experience. The problem as I see it that they many don't actually pick up much connon sense during this time and definitly not much in bedside manner.

[@chanchan5349]

They know nothing about nutrition & most think supplements are a joke. Women in particular are treated as non entities. If I became a sceptic @the medical profession, it’s because of the years of not being listened to while my questions were glossed over knowingly. The AMA has been totally corrupted.

[@karlaelvis9815]

Thank you Dr. Gupta, for sharing this video; I have known about "medical gaslighting" for decades as I have also been an advocate for my own health, and educating myself - generally I was more informed about the possible cause of my symptoms than whatever "practitioner" that I visited (which was a rare occurrence), Many people still hold medical personnel as "gods" and blindly follow whatever they say.... this should NEVER be the case. Again, thank you for standing up for ordinary folks; I have shared this video all over the internet and am certain that it will be valuable to many.

[@peterflitcroft9756]

ME/ CFS and long COVID show symptoms that mirror severe Vitamin B12 deficiency. Yet it is almost impossible for people to get doctors to make the connection. I developed left side heart failure because I was being treated with medication that depleted my already limited stores of B12. I resorted to ordering my own supplies of B12 from Germany and doing the injections myself. I continue to get better.

[@juliawigger9796]

My hubby complained of chronic backache ,breathlessness, hard to swallow, for over 2 years. He died of lung cancer yesterday morning in agony 😢

[@michele0324]

I am so sorry to hear of your beloved husband's passing. ❤

[@juliawigger9796]

@michele0324 Thank you for your kindness , it's much appreciated.

[@grooviechickie]

😢 my heart goes out to you and your late husband. ❤

[@juliawigger9796]

@@grooviechickie thank you.🩷

[@binathere2574]

So sad. Big hugs.

[@G.G.8GG]

Although I've had many years of dealing with the gaslighting, i am very grateful currently for my PC. She listens, talks to me as if im a person of reason and intelligence. She doesn't pretend to know everything but gives me her best recommendations and referrals when necessary. I complimented her and expressed my appreciation and she almost cried, saying she needed to hear that, with all the pressure and stress she was questioning whether she wanted to continue. In the US, we need major changes in our health system.

[@sunshinegirl1967]

My PCP told me that mole on my leg that changed from light tan to red and pearly was "just fine". No. It was amelanocytic melanoma (atypical). I wouldn't be here today if I'd listened to him.

[@andrewjohnson4021]

They poisoned me and try to take my leg out less than 4 years ago. I had to reverse draw the poison out with tea tree oil and bentonite clay. They were trying to take my leg literally. That would have been the start of it and then everything else was snowballed after that. I'm afraid to go to that hospital I go to another one and another town and it pisses off the people in this town and they even tried to switch my insurance on me so I had to go to that hospital again and I told them they don't have medical approval to take my insurance where I can go to my regular physician I've seen away from me. And they're not allowed to force me to go to establishments that I don't feel safe going to. You got to watch them because they're real skeezy even the county workers too.

[@jamesworrall-j7l]

To be fair I believe that 90% of doctors gaslight most of their patients because at the end of the day doctors are just glorified reps working for big farma getting paid huge amounts of money the more meds they dish out whether you need them or not the bigger their pay packet. So we suffer I have a blockage in my leg and I suffered a heart attack it’s joke not one doctor will listen to me when I tell them the blood supply in my leg is not getting through which has made me a virtual prisoner in my home as I cannot walk anywhere and being told it will right it’s self this has been going on for at least 4 years the leg has gone thin and poor blood supply……this is gaslighting

[@LostSoul1031]

I'm sorry you're going through that with your leg. I have been suffering for the last 3yrs with extreme pain in my right leg, vascular doctor says I have venous reflux which means the blood pools at the ankles and doesn't go back to the heart correctly. They say I will need a stent in the artery but there's certain numbers that have to be higher before they will do it. Meanwhile I feel like you do and can't be on my legs that long, very fatigued and so scared I will be paralyzed because sometimes the leg feels dead. I went to get a 2nd opinion and I'm told no other cardiologist/vascular surgeon will see me once I've been seen by another doc. Talk about gaslighting, they are basically negligence.

[@versewriter8123]

You should be referred to a vascular surgeon for investigations

[@jamesworrall-j7l]

@@LostSoul1031 Thank you so much for your comment it really is appreciated. Please try Nattokinase up the does take on an empty stomach and good to make your own magnesium oil spray several times a day on your muscles this will really help x

[@jamesworrall-j7l]

@@versewriter8123 First I need to find a doctor that is willing to help me before I can be referred thank you for your comment x

[@ellenchapman-ix3py]

Healthcare isn't for profit everywhere though. In the UK we have the NHS and medical gaslighting is rife. In fact, I think it's becoming more and more common. I don't know why, though, maybe linked to compassion fatigue, overworked GPs, lack of time for appointments, lack of ability to see same GP etc.

[@WinnerWinnerEmmaDinner]

Thank you for this video. It's awful reading/listening to people's experiences. I could write a book myself on medical gaslighting.

[@ZZZZ-mkv]

Never forget, to pharmaceutical companies you are just a revenue source.

[@AlisonHersey-bi2bg]

same here, over my 61 years on this earth, I have been gaslit and have had erroneous record taking by doctors which when I asked to be corrected, only came back even more wrong! This record taking was about sexual abuse, so it was a double whammy. I have pretty much given up on doctors and have seen terrible things happen to patients in hospital, including my parents, this situation has been going on for decades, and Blair only made it much worse by introducing PFI into the equation with the NHS. As for the covid medical intervention, there are reasons why the Gov does not want a peer reviewed scientific investigation into the safety and efficacy of that injection!!! As Edward Snowdon said "when telling the truth becomes a crime, you are beoing ruled by criminals"

[@Mrs.TJTaylor]

I was misdiagnosed, wrongly treated and left disabled because of it. If they had listened and taken me at my word, this would never have happened. I spent two years bedridden and/or housebound. I have no respect for doctors and now take my chances without the dubious benefit of their “wisdom”. They do more harm than good.

[@englishrose1122]

How many of us have suffered this by our arrogant doctors? Not many haven’t I expect. I have to be desperate to go. Im disgusted to have been invited STILL to attend to have a flue jab as well as the dreaded c..id!! Thought that was now stopped because of so many early deaths and terrible side affects!!! Each year I decline and have felt harassed in the first years of this era and sad to see it’s still going on.

[@CorrineEasy]

This information is wonderful! Would you consider a video on heat symptoms of menopause, and/or adults and ADHD medications (safety)?

[@debbiescott6732]

I just keep finding a doctor that will listen to me. It may take going through several doctors but I eventually find one that listens. Don't stop looking.

[@alisonbamford6723]

I had an ’incident’ recently where I had a lot of gas & bloating that went on for over a week & triggered a lot of pressure around my organs, but because I had heart pain (plus spleen pain & liver pain), I was sent for an ECG. They picked up a bit of abnormal heart activity, high BP (I normally have good normal BP) & my heart enzymes were quite elevated. However, subsequent tests found no damage to my heart & although an angiogram found a bit of narrowing which they addressed with some ballooning & one stent, there was no obvious cause of the ‘suspected heart attack’. I kept telling them it was my digestion that was the issue - it’s always been my digestion - but they did no tests on that & looked at nothing else other than my heart. The digestive issues continued for several weeks. I finally managed to calm it down with Potassium, Vitamin D & Niacinamide (B3). I’ve always had to be my own ‘physician’ because doctors have only ever made things worse. I’ve had Chronic Fatigue for decades but never bothered to go to the doctor about ir because few of them ever took it seriously. I’ve also battled systemic parasites for decades (probably connected) but they don’t believe me about that either. Two stool tests were negative. No point doing more as any more negatives would just bang more nails in my ‘delusional nutcase’ coffin. 🙄. Stool tests won’t pick them up anyway because they are not in my gut, they are in my body…… I’m not an idiot. I know what I can feel. There are so many of them in my upper back that I feel their movement when I lean forward & it makes my back connective tissue very sore. I swear I’m more worm than human these days, & they were very likely responsible for the ‘heart’ (digestion) issue. I did speak to a lady called GP about it & not sure what to do about it he apparently referred me to a dermatologist (are there no parasitologists out there?), but that was at least 5 months ago & im still waiting. The dermatologist probably binned it…….🙄

[@tootrue8067]

I am in Leeds and cannot afford to pay private to visit this Dr. I had a Holter monitor and was told I have a bit of tachycardia. I went for a tilt table test under Dr Dickinson and she said I did not meet the diagnosis for pots and that I had to do graded exercise therapy. The nurses who performed my test said my tilt was borderline and my HR did go up the 30 beats. I have me/CFS and my heart rate was higher to begin with that day because I had PEM. They will not help me at all. The ME/CFS clinic declined my referral because I have persistently elevated neutrophils. I am tired and ill every day and made to feel like I am a hypochondriac. Regarding my orthostatic hypotension, apparently my BP is naturally low and I will go dizzy when I stand up.

[@christine-fb2hs]

I was gaslit for years,they kept telling me I had sciatica,they kept telling me I couldn't have a mri scan unless I had a accident ,my husband told them he would throw me down the stairs,does that qualify as a accident,so I did eventually get my mri scan at york hospital,the result was I have spinal stenosis and I can hardly walk now,it has caused me a lot of mental anguish

[@ElBeeEss]

You've opened Pandora's Box with this one, Dr Sanjay; I expect this video will get more comments than any other you've ever posted! Personally speaking, it was, indeed, a Facebook group that helped me through the whole debacle that ensued after I got that bliddy AstraZeneca vaccine. Just knowing I wasn't alone, I wasn't delusional, and that other people where going through similar experiences was an absolute lifeline. Eventually, several years later, hearing a neurologist acknowledge that it was very likely that the vaccine had caused my symptoms was a huge thing. And I mean A REALLY HUGE THING!

[@Catlily5]

It took me 10 years to get diagnosed with POTS. The doctors didn't figure it out. I did. I was watching an autism video and in the comment section someone had put a list of all my health problems. I was surprised and looked into it. I talked to my new primary care doctor about it and she took me seriously thankfully. Most of the doctors in the past did not. She referred me to specialists for Ehlers Danlos Syndrome and POTS. I got diagnosed with POTS. The geneticist said that I probably have Ehlers Danlos. But the test was just over USA $1000 and I can't afford it.

[@jonc67uk]

Been there done that since infancy. I'm particularly cross about the fibrosis problems post az Vax. I just checked with my old friends with CF to see how they were doing & I was too late.

[@soukiwifun5744]

I can see the scope of AI here - type in all your symptoms and it will come up with good diagnosis! After all, human doctors have their own limitations of knowledge, experience, time, money and prejudices!

[@Out_on_a_Limb_Life]

I believe that AI will be doing exactly that in the future. AI will have all the available information AND it will be 100% up to date.

[@rosannadana2922]

US..Oh my goodness, yes..on my 3rd soon to see Cardiologist..my 1st fired me after 8 years because sought 2nd opinion..Im an RN background CCU, Critical care..prob is where I live, I never worked at and not taken serious...the 2nd cardiogist a friend recommended he was so ugly. Laughed belittled my prior cardiac history of symptomatic MVP that I dealt with for years..Literally labor proved on Echo that improved it..and that echo was done few months prior during pregnancy when having some cardiac issues, and after..plus being long time patient with them and having worked in cath lab with my cardio..but now not taking seriously and going to cardiologist, group one of the partners has spoken in medical seminars on POTS.. The 2nd cardio mentioned above, he said oh thats no big deal the blah blah has changed and now dosent recognize...I looked at him and said Echo of years proven..Grade 1 murmur all documented improved with laboring...and my philosophy has been and literally to many years of dealing with these god complexes mentality..I dont care who you are, if your the best, I will seek the next best with a respect and bedside manor...

[@sunshinegirl1967]

Your first cardiologist didn't fire you. He failed you! And you gave him notice he was being fired. That's how it works. They work for us or they don't work at all. I'm an RN too getting the runaround about my PVC's.

[@maryannjesuino9882]

When doctor's tell you the side affects of medicine are impossible. This happened to me when I started taking Fosamax, a bone medicine. My stomach and chest felt like I was on fire. Thank God I had the brains to stop this poison. 😡

[@christinestanding]

The tablet inserts paper gives side effects information.

[@andreafarmer4103]

I didn't know about medical gaslighting. I do know about the "white coat code of silence". My 67 year old sister, who had dementia, was living on a locked unit of a care home. She was hospitalized and put on a new regime of sedatives, including an injectable antipsychotic. The day after she returned from hospital she fell 5 times. In the week after she returned from hospital she fell 15 times. Her GP was made aware of the falls by care home nurses, and did not reduce any of her sedating medications. My sister died one week after she returned from hospital. She was permitted to eat unsupervised in her room and choked to death. The College of Physicians and Surgeons stated that the GP met the standard of care. I could not understand this decision until I read about the white coat code of silence. The College chose to protect their colleague rather than prevent another horrific death like my sister's.

[@ubik459]

From the USA, I would much rather have NHS then what we have here. The US healthcare system is rife with gaslighting in my experience.

[@Starlight22215]

You wouldn’t if you knew just how bad it is. It’s archaic and needs dismantling.

[@Out_on_a_Limb_Life]

@@Starlight22215 You wouldn't say that if you'd actually lived iwth the US system. I'm British and lived in the US for 15 years and i'm telling you it's an ugly system that needs dismantling. The NHS is in a terrible state right now but I'm still not having to panic over the surgery I'm about to have next week because of how much it'll cost me, or having to cut down on my prescriptions because I can't afford them. Just saying. Be grateful for what you have at least.

[@joancrawford3189]

Excellent summary video. Thanks for sharing 👍

[@Seek_Him]

Thank you Dr.Gupta, For being there for these people. 🙏

[@GodzHarleyGirlStudio]

I’ve been gaslit from several doctors but the worst is my cardiologist. I continually have orthostatic hypotension and he doesn’t seem to want to do anything about it. He’s blamed my “chronic use of opioids” as the reason. I’ve been in the same meds since 2016 and weaned myself off of one of them. This started after Covid vaccinations but no one will listen to me. My life has completely changed for the worse. My body is struggling and I can’t get him nor others to understand. I was told years ago I have an enlarged heart. I have very low blood pressures even this one (56/40) while IN THE OFFICE and the PA said, “I don’t know what to do with you.” I haven’t gone back to her. I went to their “orthostatic hypotension specialist” but he made me severely ill, having me on bp meds that both raised and lowered my bp at the same time! I’m so tired of searching but so desperately need someone to listen and help me!!!!! No idea what to do now.

[@tealimeteatime1244]

A cardiologist told me : "POTS? I don't BELIEVE in POTS, you are just overweight." 😂

[@abracadaverous]

If a cardiologist doesn't believe in POTS, they need to go back to school. It is a measurable thing. I'm sorry you had that experience and hope you got proper management. I had an EP tell me my paroxysmal afib would probably go away if I lost 50 lbs. The afib made me extremely ill when I had it to the point of losing consciousness, so exercise was off the table. After a year of dieting, I could only lose half of that. I was railroaded into getting weight loss surgery, after which the EP was totally shocked when I had lost the assigned weight and then some, and my afib was much worse. I should have had an ablation years before I was allowed to get one. I still feel like my heart was held hostage, and my stomach was the ransom.

[@robertnewell5057]

I'm not really interested in what a doctor believes. I expect them to be aware of, understand and communicate the evidence. I'm sorry you had this experience, but, of course, not surprised.

[@roncaruso931]

I was taking Flecanide along with Metoporal for my irregular heartbeat. My cardiologist stopped the Flecanide 2 months ago because he said it is not helping my afib. He continued the Metoporal. This month I went back on the Flecainide. I feel great again. I don't feel the irregular heartbeat any longer. I am not short of breath. I told my cardiologist. He was very upset with me. I will find a new doctor.

[@Hellbender8574]

Meanwhile, I was told by docs that I couldn't possibly have a heart problem because I'm NOT overweight!

[@sunshinegirl1967]

I bet most cardiologists don't believe a person can be in sustained VTach and be conscious but I've seen it happen first hand!

[@harbinger3698]

I and both of my children are and have for many many years going through this... Then find down the line what we expected was wrong was correct. We have given up.

[@susannahwhite7561]

Said a 🙏 for you.

[@harbinger3698]

@@susannahwhite7561 Aww Thank You! x