@BeccyB Umm I barely see my doctor if I'm honest. Iv tried to talk to them before but my anxiety gets really bad and I struggle to even say anything so I just kind of go with what ever it is they're saying at the time. I will try and see if I can get that sorted out
Bladzy, I'm a pretty confident old girl, and I tend to do OK in medical appointments and so on, but I still have a tactic I deploy to really get the best out of what I feel might be more difficult situations in appointments.
If I am going to an appointment where either I have a lot of points to make, or the issues are a bit complicated, or even both, then I write to my Doctor beforehand. It doesn't have to be a complicated letter. I just write out what I need to discuss and why; even using bullet points, if that helps get it all down on paper.
That way I know when I go to my appointment I'm not going to forget to mention anything I think is important, plus ( and this is the BIG winner for me) the Doc will have had a chance to read it, and think it through before I get there.
I sometimes think our GPS are really under the kosh, when we turn up for our 10 minutes and expect them to catch onto our weeks or months of angst immediately.
Most recently, I wrote in this way to my GP about my slightly wonky thyroid gland that just won't seem to get with the program, and my increasing frustration with that. I was really just forewarning her of a bit of a moan, and asking for next steps. I was flabbergasted when I eventually spoke with ear to find she had already been in contact with the Endo and agreed what those sensible next steps would be. That letter saved weeks of waiting.
Why not give it a go. I just drop the letter off at the surgery when I'm passing, a week or a few days before I go.
That gives both of you the best chance of a decent outcome? It's just something different to try.