u/Ahituna2000

Hey everyone, current medical student here planning on going into family medicine.

I wanted to ask this community something honestly and openly because I genuinely want to become the best doctor I can be for future patients.

I know a lot of people with this condition/experience have felt dismissed, unheard, minimized, or even straight up ignored by healthcare providers. I also know modern healthcare can sometimes make patients feel like they’re just another number in the system.

So I wanted to ask:

What are things doctors have done that made you distrust them, feel unheard, or feel dismissed?

And on the flip side, what are things a doctor did that made you actually feel listened to, respected, and cared for?

I’m asking because I want to learn early. I don’t want to become emotionally detached, rush people, or accidentally make patients feel invisible. I’ve had my own experiences as a patient where I walked away thinking, “that could have been handled way better,” so I know how frustrating healthcare can feel from the other side too.

No defensiveness here. I’m all ears and genuinely want to understand your experiences better so I can take better care of people in the future.

Hey everyone, current medical student here planning on going into family medicine.

I wanted to ask this community something honestly and openly because I genuinely want to become the best doctor I can be for future patients.

I know a lot of people with this condition/experience have felt dismissed, unheard, minimized, or even straight up ignored by healthcare providers. I also know modern healthcare can sometimes make patients feel like they’re just another number in the system.

So I wanted to ask:

What are things doctors have done that made you distrust them, feel unheard, or feel dismissed?

And on the flip side, what are things a doctor did that made you actually feel listened to, respected, and cared for?

I’m asking because I want to learn early. I don’t want to become emotionally detached, rush people, or accidentally make patients feel invisible. I’ve had my own experiences as a patient where I walked away thinking, “that could have been handled way better,” so I know how frustrating healthcare can feel from the other side too.

No defensiveness here. I’m all ears and genuinely want to understand your experiences better so I can take better care of people in the future.

Hey everyone, current medical student here planning on going into family medicine.

I wanted to ask this community something honestly and openly because I genuinely want to become the best doctor I can be for future patients.

I know a lot of people with this condition/experience have felt dismissed, unheard, minimized, or even straight up ignored by healthcare providers. I also know modern healthcare can sometimes make patients feel like they’re just another number in the system.

So I wanted to ask:

What are things doctors have done that made you distrust them, feel unheard, or feel dismissed?

And on the flip side, what are things a doctor did that made you actually feel listened to, respected, and cared for?

I’m asking because I want to learn early. I don’t want to become emotionally detached, rush people, or accidentally make patients feel invisible. I’ve had my own experiences as a patient where I walked away thinking, “that could have been handled way better,” so I know how frustrating healthcare can feel from the other side too.

No defensiveness here. I’m all ears and genuinely want to understand your experiences better so I can take better care of people in the future.

Wanted to see if anyone else has experienced this.

I’ve been on Adderall for about 2 years and it’s worked pretty well for my ADHD overall. Recently though, life happened, anxiety/depressive symptoms started creeping in, and my doctor started me on sertraline (25 mg). I’ve been on it for about 3–4 weeks now.

In the last week on sertraline, I genuinely feel like my ADHD medication completely stopped working. Honestly, it feels even worse than my baseline before I ever started Adderall.

I’m still taking the same Adderall dose, no changes there. But now I literally cannot maintain focus for more than like 2 minutes at a time. It’s actually debilitating and insanely frustrating. I feel like I have the attention span of a goldfish. My brain feels scattered 24/7 and it’s affecting everything.

I know SSRIs can have an adjustment period, but this feels extreme. I’m starting to wonder if sertraline just isn’t for me, and I’ve been considering tapering off/stopping it (obviously talking to my doctor first).

Has anyone else experienced this specifically with sertraline + Adderall? Did it eventually get better, or did you have to stop/switch SSRIs? And if you stopped the SSRI, how long did it take for your focus/ADHD meds to feel “normal” again?

Wanted to see if anyone else has experienced this.

I’ve been on Adderall for about 2 years and it’s worked pretty well for my ADHD overall. Recently though, life happened, anxiety/depressive symptoms started creeping in, and my doctor started me on sertraline (25 mg). I’ve been on it for about 3–4 weeks now.

On the last week on sertraline, I genuinely feel like my ADHD medication completely stopped working. Honestly, it feels even worse than my baseline before I ever started Adderall.

I’m still taking the same Adderall dose, no changes there. But now I literally cannot maintain focus for more than like 2 minutes at a time. It’s actually debilitating and insanely frustrating. I feel like I have the attention span of a goldfish.

I’m starting to wonder if sertraline just isn’t for me, and I’ve been considering tapering off/stopping it (obviously talking to my doctor first).

Has anyone else experienced this specifically with sertraline + Adderall? Did it eventually get better, or did you have to stop/switch SSRIs? And if you stopped the SSRI, how long did it take for your focus/ADHD meds to feel “normal” again?