Why doesn't anyone listen to the patient?

With regard to the potential post-operative effect of cardiac by-passes, in September 1990 I underwent an emergency quadruple bypass and for the following 5 years while under medical supervision I was in a serious state of health. During that period I did not expect to see the next day but I was not afraid of death nor over-alarmed by the operation.

The best way in which I can describe the post-operative symptoms is like this: I had continual and frequent electrical discharges in my brain (or inside my head) and oftem this was accompanied by mini-blackouts. I lost my self-confidence, became nervous of driving and of heights, slept most of the day which did not disturb my nocturnal sleep, lacked energy, and felt pretty awful!

My GP would not accept that I suffered, as the consequence of the by-pass, from neurological problems! On the third occasion on which I expressed my concern (around about the 4th post-operative year) he suggested That I Be seen by a specialist but from previous bad experiences with specialists, I hesitated and said that I would consider it.

At the 5 year stage of suffering I took the initiative to read about the medication I was receiving only to be amazed at its adverse side-effects!

On further exploration into neurology I discovered drugs that could possibly benefit me so obtained those and took them. I first of those drugs was selegiline and amazingly it cleared my symptoms and restored my confidence and it continued to do so. The next drug (or pill) was CO-Q10. I had previously taken this at 5, 10, and 30 mgs with no apparent effect but my reading led me to believe that I should be taking it at much larger doses so took 100mgs and once more the magic worked; it restored my energy! The next drug, hydergine, prescribed for senility but a great brain preserver stopped my chronic apneoa. (I have since discovered that it contols ADHD symptoms). The side-effect of those substances are negligible but they restored me to full health and I have continued to take them since and abandoned the prescription medication.

A few years later I approached the GP and persuaded him to provide the selegiline and hydergine, and he reluctantly did so but only to prevent me from obtaining generic makes from the open market. Sometime later I moved residence and had to argue my case again with the new GP in order to maintain this medication.

Fifteen years later, at the age of 75, I am fit and without aches or pains or any other maladies, and have a crystal clear brain but the GP still treats me with considerable suspicion!

Finally, I later discovered that in order to keep one's arteries clear of furring it is only necessary to take a substance called Serrapeptase (generic name) which would have prevented the need for the by-pass!

The question that this raises is why the medical profession presumes to know more than the patient about the patient's symptoms?

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