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Does going to the dr even when they can't do anything for you help with a future disability claim? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Feeling pretty terrible today in regards to the symptoms + others. Debating whether to call dr and ask for an appointment just to show them "yep this is how bad it is today". I can't even get up from the chair without getting nauseous, in fact even sitting it still flares up.

For those who have experience with that, should I start calling my drs office every time I feel worse than usual just so there's a paper trace of me going to the drs and complaining about symptoms?

For reference I've been seeing my dr for this problem for a year now + specialists, so there is a trace of me seeking treatment, but not necessarily of showing symptoms.

Only issue is it's friday evening and they close in like 20 minutes lol

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

This, so much this! My wife fought for like 10 years to get her gallbladder removed because nobody believed her. I went with her a couple of times and they'd ask symptoms and she would regularly forget to list important things and I'd remind her. I eventually got her to keep track, it finally got through the fog for a provider that referred her to the right specialist. She's quite a bit better now.

Second example: I have Celiac disease, I just found out last week. (I was so used to how I felt when eating gluten that I didn't realize it was happening unless I overate or drank beer). I had always had random little things that would pop up (dermatitis, high liver enzymes, etc). Because I kept track, when I recently had my vertigo attack, I saw some other signs that made me ask for a test.

Long story short, journal EVERYTHING because any little symptom might not make sense in the moment but might be the key to finding the problem and actually fixing it.