{"id":36120,"date":"2026-08-10T08:24:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T03:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=36120"},"modified":"2026-08-10T08:24:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T03:24:25","slug":"youre-built-for-starvation-conditions-72-doctors-who-left-their-patients-in-awe-for-the-disturbing-things-they-said","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=36120","title":{"rendered":"\u201cYou\u2019re Built For Starvation Conditions\u201d: 72 Doctors Who Left Their Patients In Awe For The Disturbing Things They Said"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11035309\">\n<p id=\"11035309\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"image-size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said1-6a759e7159653__700.jpg\" alt=\"A woman lies in bed, grimacing in pain and holding a hot water bottle, reflecting on unhinged things doctors say.\" title=\"A woman lies in bed, grimacing in pain and holding a hot water bottle, reflecting on unhinged things doctors say.\" width=\"605\" height=\"448\"\/> <span class=\"bordered-description with-image\">Asked my gp for the first time about the debilitating pain I got during periods where I could barely walk or function. He told me that I should get pregnant soon and that would fix it. I was 16, my mum was outraged. 14 years later I was diagnosed with endometriosis.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskReddit\/comments\/1vg3qdb\/whats_the_most_unhinged_thing_a_doctor_has_said\/p1twj6n\/\" target=\"_blank\"> bluefactories <\/a> <span class=\"open-list-submission-source-separator\">, <\/span> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/caucasian-woman-having-painful-period-cramps-OapWuCJjnkg\" target=\"_blank\"> Curated Lifestyle (not the actual photo) <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/reddit-post-16103-1\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11035310\">\n<p id=\"11035310\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"image-size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said2-6a759eb42a8c0__700.jpg\" alt=\"An older man clutches his chest in pain, representing a patient experience with unhinged things doctors say.\" title=\"An older man clutches his chest in pain, representing a patient experience with unhinged things doctors say.\" width=\"605\" height=\"404\"\/> <span class=\"bordered-description with-image\">Told my doctor I was getting frequent high heart rate notifications when I was flying. He told me maybe I\u2019m just a nervous flyer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m a pilot.<\/p>\n<p>Edit: yes, doctors already knew I was a pilot.\u00a0<br \/>Also they don\u2019t just yoink your medical for having a symptom.\u00a0. <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskReddit\/comments\/1vg3qdb\/whats_the_most_unhinged_thing_a_doctor_has_said\/p1u8i10\/\" target=\"_blank\"> myseptemberchild <\/a> <span class=\"open-list-submission-source-separator\">, <\/span> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/note-to-inspector-please-re-submit-again-99poFpz01lQ\" target=\"_blank\"> Curated Lifestyle (not the actual photo) <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/reddit-post-16103-2\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11035311\">\n<p id=\"11035311\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"image-size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said3-6a759f04b17bf__700.jpg\" alt=\"A woman is taking a break during a run, breathing heavily. This relates to doctors saying unhinged things.\" title=\"A woman is taking a break during a run, breathing heavily. This relates to doctors saying unhinged things.\" width=\"605\" height=\"403\"\/> <span class=\"bordered-description with-image\">I told him I was struggling to run because of hayfever, in the hope he\u2019d test me for allergy-induced asthma or give me stronger meds. He told me I should just stop running.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Another told me I had period cramps when in fact my appendix had burst.\u00a0. <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskReddit\/comments\/1vg3qdb\/whats_the_most_unhinged_thing_a_doctor_has_said\/p1txsyc\/\" target=\"_blank\"> camusthenarwhal <\/a> <span class=\"open-list-submission-source-separator\">, <\/span> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/young-sporty-woman-runner-with-earphones-and-smartphone-in-an-armband-outside-by-the-sea-resting-XJnK66Q2FkI\" target=\"_blank\"> Getty Images (not the actual photo) <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/reddit-post-16103-3\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11035313\">\n<p id=\"11035313\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"image-size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said5-6a759fc69fd16__700.jpg\" alt=\"A patient in a hospital bed looks distraught, holding a cup. This illustrates the unhinged things doctors say.\" title=\"A patient in a hospital bed looks distraught, holding a cup. This illustrates the unhinged things doctors say.\" width=\"605\" height=\"403\"\/> <span class=\"bordered-description with-image\">Kept crying for 6 weeks after back surgery that the pain in my head was unbearable. I was told \u201cyou have no pain.You want to pay for my kids college education ?!! Sure I \u2018ll do exploratory surgery\u201d \u2026..2 days later he did exploratory surgery to repair a tear in my spinal cord which was caused a cerebral spinal fluid leak!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Drs should never be allowed to tell someone they are not in pain. <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskReddit\/comments\/1vg3qdb\/whats_the_most_unhinged_thing_a_doctor_has_said\/p1tyeij\/\" target=\"_blank\"> StatisticianTop4829 <\/a> <span class=\"open-list-submission-source-separator\">, <\/span> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/woman-on-bed-holding-plastic-cup-Gj65EQ7GiwQ\" target=\"_blank\"> Alexander Grey (not the actual photo) <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/reddit-post-16103-5\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11035317\">\n<p id=\"11035317\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"image-size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said8-6a75b2478f6bd__700.jpg\" alt=\"An adult's finger holds the tiny hand of a baby, symbolizing the vulnerable experience with doctors' unhinged comments.\" title=\"An adult's finger holds the tiny hand of a baby, symbolizing the vulnerable experience with doctors' unhinged comments.\" width=\"605\" height=\"454\"\/> <span class=\"bordered-description with-image\">During my first delivery, my epidural line broke while I was pushing. I pushed for 3 and 1\/2 hours &#8211; baby was born and whisked away to the NICU because she was having trouble breathing. Then my placenta got stuck. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>My OB was having trouble trying to get it to deliver because she said, it looked like it the cord was trying to tear away from the placenta. She called the OB on-call at the hospital. <\/p>\n<p>I will give him a little bit of benefit of the doubt because, you know, no one knew that my epidural line had broken (it never completely took for me so I still had *some pain* during labor) but he stuck his hand Inside of me to try and scoop it out. I SCREAMED. But then he didn&#8217;t believe me when I said it hurt too much and tried it AGAIN! I have never screamed so loud in my life. <\/p>\n<p>Thank God for my husband who stood up and yelled at him to get off of me and that I was obviously in pain. Got wheeled back to the OR and put under for them to remove it. Lo and behold, they realized about my epidural. <\/p>\n<p>The fact that he didn&#8217;t believe me is just&#8230;..baffling. <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskReddit\/comments\/1vg3qdb\/whats_the_most_unhinged_thing_a_doctor_has_said\/p1u2yeg\/\" target=\"_blank\"> waitaminute_fish <\/a> <span class=\"open-list-submission-source-separator\">, <\/span> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/person-holding-babys-index-finger-5zp0jym2w9M\" target=\"_blank\"> Aditya Romansa (not the actual photo) <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/reddit-post-16103-9\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11035320\">\n<p id=\"11035320\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"image-size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said10-6a75b2c7627aa__700.jpg\" alt=\"Man speaking to a doctor in a consultation, reflecting conversations with doctors.\" title=\"Man speaking to a doctor in a consultation, reflecting conversations with doctors.\" width=\"605\" height=\"403\"\/> <span class=\"bordered-description with-image\">Went to a follow-up with my psychiatrist a decade ago to discuss the meds he\u2019d prescribed me. I said they weren\u2019t working because my PTSD-induced nightmares were still happening.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This guy said, with his whole chest, \u201cHave you considered just getting over it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sir, if I could\u2019ve just gotten over it, I wouldn\u2019t be here for PTSD and medications for it or the other stuff I was dealing with at the time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I filed a complaint and never went back.\u00a0. <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskReddit\/comments\/1vg3qdb\/whats_the_most_unhinged_thing_a_doctor_has_said\/p1typih\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Interesting-Novel821 <\/a> <span class=\"open-list-submission-source-separator\">, <\/span> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/doctor-consulting-male-patient-working-on-diagnostic-examination-of-mental-illness-G_r1h06rG-s\" target=\"_blank\"> Getty Images (not the actual photo) <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/reddit-post-16103-12\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11035321\">\n<p id=\"11035321\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"image-size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said11-6a75b33217bef__700.jpg\" alt=\"Female optometrist examining a senior woman's eyes, an example of doctor care.\" title=\"Female optometrist examining a senior woman's eyes, an example of doctor care.\" width=\"605\" height=\"404\"\/> <span class=\"bordered-description with-image\">Went for an eye appointment in 2011 because I was experiencing some double vision. I always had near perfect vision before this. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>The optometrist does the standard eye exam and determines my vision is fine, and says, \u201cIf you want like, cool accessory glasses, you could pick some up at Claire\u2019s.\u201d She said this before looking at my optic nerves and once she did, ordered me to go to the ER immediately for a suspected brain tumor. <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskReddit\/comments\/1vg3qdb\/whats_the_most_unhinged_thing_a_doctor_has_said\/p1tx874\/\" target=\"_blank\"> -rubyinsides <\/a> <span class=\"open-list-submission-source-separator\">, <\/span> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/ophthalmologist-examining-eyes-of-a-senior-patient-using-microscope-during-a-medical-examination-in-the-ophthalmologic-office-1dCYEdsdwxk\" target=\"_blank\"> Getty Images (not the actual photo) <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/reddit-post-16103-13\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11035322\">\n<p id=\"11035322\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"image-size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said12-6a75b3a81b2e9__700.jpg\" alt=\"Female doctor talking to a young girl on an examination table, illustrating doctor conversations.\" title=\"Female doctor talking to a young girl on an examination table, illustrating doctor conversations.\" width=\"605\" height=\"393\"\/> <span class=\"bordered-description with-image\">At 12 I had gained some weight and my mom took me to the doctor to be checked. He looked at a 12 year old girl and said, &#8220;I bet your family came from Germany. You&#8217;re built for starvation conditions. You just need to go with that.&#8221;<br \/>Queue a lifetime of disordered eating. Bonus points when I found out his own daughter was hospitalized with anorexia at 11.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskReddit\/comments\/1vg3qdb\/whats_the_most_unhinged_thing_a_doctor_has_said\/p1tzxks\/\" target=\"_blank\"> MotherAgenda <\/a> <span class=\"open-list-submission-source-separator\">, <\/span> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/young-female-doctor-and-a-small-girl-in-her-office-talking-17_e86YE_U0\" target=\"_blank\"> Getty Images (not the actual photo) <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/reddit-post-16103-14\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11035325\">\n<p id=\"11035325\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"image-size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said14-6a75b42596d69__700.jpg\" alt=\"A male doctor with a beard and glasses stands with crossed arms, portraying a doctor involved in unhinged things doctors say.\" title=\"A male doctor with a beard and glasses stands with crossed arms, portraying a doctor involved in unhinged things doctors say.\" width=\"605\" height=\"403\"\/> <span class=\"bordered-description with-image\">Tried to get my tubes tied at 25 AFTER already having three children. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>This man\/doctor really looked me in my eyes and told me \u201cno\u201d because \u201cI know you\u2019ve managed to convince yourself but you haven\u2019t convinced me\u201d. <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskReddit\/comments\/1vg3qdb\/whats_the_most_unhinged_thing_a_doctor_has_said\/p1txdfe\/\" target=\"_blank\"> th3r3alslim <\/a> <span class=\"open-list-submission-source-separator\">, <\/span> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/man-in-white-dress-shirt-wearing-black-framed-eyeglasses-SakqLf78KVo\" target=\"_blank\"> Usman Yousaf (not the actual photo) <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/reddit-post-16103-17\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11035327\">\n<p id=\"11035327\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"image-size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said15-6a75b4a8656d7__700.jpg\" alt=\"A woman holds a sanitary pad over her eyes, representing discussions about unhinged things doctors say.\" title=\"A woman holds a sanitary pad over her eyes, representing discussions about unhinged things doctors say.\" width=\"605\" height=\"403\"\/> <span class=\"bordered-description with-image\">I used to bleed between periods for years (I&#8217;d have like one week of no blood). So many docs couldn&#8217;t figure out why so my (then) GP who was an old man said, &#8220;can&#8217;t you just live with it?&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Found a new doctor who was great and tried various things until she figured out and fixed my problem. <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskReddit\/comments\/1vg3qdb\/whats_the_most_unhinged_thing_a_doctor_has_said\/p1u2qsb\/\" target=\"_blank\"> ellewoods_89 <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/reddit-post-16103-19\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11035337\">\n<p id=\"11035337\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"image-size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said17-6a75bdee94351__700.jpg\" alt=\"A patient prepares for an MRI scan with a doctor, highlighting doctor-patient interactions and sometimes unhinged things doctors say.\" title=\"A patient prepares for an MRI scan with a doctor, highlighting doctor-patient interactions and sometimes unhinged things doctors say.\" width=\"605\" height=\"403\"\/> <span class=\"bordered-description with-image\">At 30, with my MRI (that I didn&#8217;t actually get to read myself for 10+years) in her hand showing all the inflammation, the remodeling, the calcified ligaments, the stenosis in my spine, the narrowing, the bulging, the **FUSION** of my joints&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You&#8217;re too young for arthritis&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She could have slowed it down and added literal YEARS to my active lifestyle, but instead she gaslit me, told me the pain is in my head, that I needed to lose weight (I was a healthy 160 at 5&#8217;8), that there was nothing medically wrong with me. <\/p>\n<p>Now at 46, I&#8217;m diagnosed with a form of spinal arthritis that&#8217;s already fused several joints in my spine, hands, and other extremities. I&#8217;m in *constant* pain, and I rarely leave home anymore because moving hurts and it&#8217;s exhausting being in pain all the time. <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskReddit\/comments\/1vg3qdb\/whats_the_most_unhinged_thing_a_doctor_has_said\/p1tzgqo\/\" target=\"_blank\"> nachoqtpie <\/a> <span class=\"open-list-submission-source-separator\">, <\/span> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/young-female-lying-on-long-table-of-mri-scan-machine-while-doctor-standing-by-her-zuoljw3kes4\" target=\"_blank\"> Getty Images (not the actual photo) <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/reddit-post-16103-29\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11035338\">\n<p id=\"11035338\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"image-size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said18-6a75c069401b4__700.jpg\" alt=\"A female doctor in a white coat operating an ultrasound machine, highlighting things doctors said.\" title=\"A female doctor in a white coat operating an ultrasound machine, highlighting things doctors said.\" width=\"605\" height=\"403\"\/> <span class=\"bordered-description with-image\">From wife: she got an iud and hated it. It was painful to have it inserted and it made her feel like she was going crazy. She couldn\u2019t hold a thought and it changed her hair texture &#8211; just weird stuff. This was after about 3 months.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>She went to the dr to have it removed and he told her no, because insurance had paid for it and it wasn\u2019t a good use of their funds to take it out. She tried again a week later and he said no because \u201cit was all in her head.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She changed gynos to one that \u201cby women for women\u201d and that gyno took it out with local anesthetic on her cervix without questioning why. <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskReddit\/comments\/1vg3qdb\/whats_the_most_unhinged_thing_a_doctor_has_said\/p1u44qf\/\" target=\"_blank\"> kickasstimus <\/a> <span class=\"open-list-submission-source-separator\">, <\/span> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/photo\/woman-technology-computer-doctor-7089048\/\" target=\"_blank\"> MART PRODUCTION (not the actual photo) <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/reddit-post-16103-30\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11035339\">\n<p id=\"11035339\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"image-size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said19-6a75c0d64731a__700.jpg\" alt=\"An elderly male doctor with a beard and glasses, looking surprised while using a stethoscope, highlighting things doctors said.\" title=\"An elderly male doctor with a beard and glasses, looking surprised while using a stethoscope, highlighting things doctors said.\" width=\"605\" height=\"403\"\/> <span class=\"bordered-description with-image\">\u201cIf you keep trying to diagnose every little thing in your body, your health insurance will catch on. And they\u2019ll stop paying for your tests.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I had TOS. I was asking for a referral to deal with the unending pain of neurogenic TOS. He has just done the poor man test in his office that clearly showed my pulse stopped in certain positions. I politely insisted on my referral. I had surgery within six months. And within a year I was fully active again.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Champigny, you ARE a pig. <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskReddit\/comments\/1vg3qdb\/whats_the_most_unhinged_thing_a_doctor_has_said\/p1u15hj\/\" target=\"_blank\"> wimwood <\/a> <span class=\"open-list-submission-source-separator\">, <\/span> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/photo\/low-angle-shot-of-a-doctor-wearing-eyeglasses-while-listening-to-his-heartbeat-using-his-stethoscope-8376182\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Tima Miroshnichenko (not the actual photo) <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/reddit-post-16103-31\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11035326\">\n<p id=\"11035326\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"image-size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said25-6a75c5aa2ebc0__700.jpg\" alt=\"A doctor reviews a chart at a desk with a laptop, reflecting on unhinged things doctors say to patients.\" title=\"A doctor reviews a chart at a desk with a laptop, reflecting on unhinged things doctors say to patients.\" width=\"605\" height=\"403\"\/> <span class=\"bordered-description with-image\">This is ridiculous, there is nothing wrong with you and the blood tests he ordered that day (along with 6 months weight loss, extreme lethargy, bruising, joint pain, itching skin) had such whacked results he panicked and rhought i had lymphoma and was sent to haematology. He thought I was shopping for pain pills, I was very unwell. Luckily not cancer but an auto immune issue. I refuse appts with him now.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskReddit\/comments\/1vg3qdb\/whats_the_most_unhinged_thing_a_doctor_has_said\/p1txvha\/\" target=\"_blank\"> algernonhaggiscoupon <\/a> <span class=\"open-list-submission-source-separator\">, <\/span> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/doctor-working-on-his-laptop-with-taking-note-patient-information-at-hospital-3cXK_lgsOCk\" target=\"_blank\"> Getty Images (not the actual photo) <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/reddit-post-16103-18\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11035328\">\n<p id=\"11035328\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"image-size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said26-6a75c5d2ac349__700.jpg\" alt=\"A pregnant woman cradles her belly, hands forming a heart, illustrating stories about unhinged things doctors say.\" title=\"A pregnant woman cradles her belly, hands forming a heart, illustrating stories about unhinged things doctors say.\" width=\"605\" height=\"404\"\/> <span class=\"bordered-description with-image\">At 12 weeks pregnant, the doctor told me my baby had a 90% chance of severe handicap, I shouldn&#8217;t bother scheduling my 20 week anatomy scan, and I can terminate before 24 weeks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The genetic counselor called me the next day to say the test in question has a 75% false positive rate.<\/p>\n<p>We asked the doctor where his &#8220;90% chance of handicap&#8221; stat came from, and does he have study or paper to reference. He said no he was just conveying a feeling based on his experience.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Baby was born perfectly healthy. <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskReddit\/comments\/1vg3qdb\/whats_the_most_unhinged_thing_a_doctor_has_said\/p1u8a94\/\" target=\"_blank\"> hg13 <\/a> <span class=\"open-list-submission-source-separator\">, <\/span> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/person-holding-belly-photo-NIZeg731LxM\" target=\"_blank\"> Suhyeon Choi (not the actual photo) <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/reddit-post-16103-20\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11035329\">\n<p id=\"11035329\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"image-size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said27-6a75c618c0773__700.jpg\" alt=\"A woman sits on an examination table, listening intently to a female doctor, about unhinged things doctors say.\" title=\"A woman sits on an examination table, listening intently to a female doctor, about unhinged things doctors say.\" width=\"605\" height=\"403\"\/> <span class=\"bordered-description with-image\">My old man gynecologist told me when I was very young that I had &#8220;feminine violin disorder&#8221;. In other words, that I was curved a little less on top than on bottom. He also scrubbed me out with a bristly bottle-scrubber once when I had a discharge&#8211;oy, that was painful. And unnecessary. Come to think of it, all the gynecologist I&#8217;ve ever had (I&#8217;m 70 now), except for the one I have now, have been awful people.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskReddit\/comments\/1vg3qdb\/whats_the_most_unhinged_thing_a_doctor_has_said\/p1tz2pj\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Professional_Hold477 <\/a> <span class=\"open-list-submission-source-separator\">, <\/span> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/happy-woman-visit-gynecologist-doctor-at-hospital-or-medical-clinic-for-pregnancy-consultant-doctor-examine-belly-for-baby-and-mother-healthcare-check-up-gynecology-concept-hVWw1gGzl94\" target=\"_blank\"> Getty Images (not the actual photo) <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/reddit-post-16103-21\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11035332\">\n<p id=\"11035332\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"image-size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said29-6a75c67a8cf92__700.jpg\" alt=\"Several people hold hands over a book, possibly praying, representing support despite unhinged things doctors say.\" title=\"Several people hold hands over a book, possibly praying, representing support despite unhinged things doctors say.\" width=\"605\" height=\"403\"\/> <span class=\"bordered-description with-image\">&#8220;if you pray to Jesus and let him into your life he will help you with your diabetes&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I reported them to my local health authority and Two months later they were forceably retired by the medical clinic they practiced out of.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskReddit\/comments\/1vg3qdb\/whats_the_most_unhinged_thing_a_doctor_has_said\/p1ty0mz\/\" target=\"_blank\"> boredwithennui <\/a> <span class=\"open-list-submission-source-separator\">, <\/span> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/group-of-people-holding-hands-praying-worship-believe-with-light-from-the-window-the-holy-bible-they-were-reading-the-bible-and-sharing-the-gospel-christians-and-bible-study-concept-x37cfVNHf6I\" target=\"_blank\"> Getty Images (not the actual photo) <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/reddit-post-16103-24\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11035336\">\n<p id=\"11035336\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">&#8220;Oh you have an accessory spleen! Always good to have extras!&#8221;.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskReddit\/comments\/1vg3qdb\/whats_the_most_unhinged_thing_a_doctor_has_said\/p1tvxot\/\" target=\"_blank\"> palemarsh <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/reddit-post-16103-28\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11035341\">\n<p id=\"11035341\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">Doc: \u201cYou\u2019re too young- there\u2019s no way you could have that condition.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Me (F19 at the time): \u201cRequest my chart from the hospital then.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Doc: \u201cYou\u2019re too young- it\u2019s just not possible.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Me: \u201cPlease just request my chart.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Doc: Grumbles. Comes back a couple hours later\u2026 <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo we received your chart- it appears you do have x condition, but it doesn\u2019t make sense.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Me: \ud83d\ude44. <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskReddit\/comments\/1vg3qdb\/whats_the_most_unhinged_thing_a_doctor_has_said\/p1u2shi\/\" target=\"_blank\"> SpotJaded2025 <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/reddit-post-16103-33\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11035342\">\n<p id=\"11035342\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">After months of telling her something is wrong ,she turned to me and said &#8221; There is nothing else I can do from this end. Your bloodwork is impeccable as always, I suggest you see a psychiatrist .&#8221; If she would have ever read my chart she would have seen I have been seeing a head doctor for decades. I am a cancer patient , she put me on the wrong meds.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskReddit\/comments\/1vg3qdb\/whats_the_most_unhinged_thing_a_doctor_has_said\/p1tycpd\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Honeybeez74 <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/reddit-post-16103-34\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11035344\">\n<p id=\"11035344\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">So you have PTSD? Then its clear you just have anxiety. Go to a psychiatrist, not here to the emergency room, this is for sick and terminal patients.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Then I coded. I was in fact having a serious cardiac event that required emergency treatment. Not anxiety. <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskReddit\/comments\/1vg3qdb\/whats_the_most_unhinged_thing_a_doctor_has_said\/p1tzqqg\/\" target=\"_blank\"> lovethecello <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/reddit-post-16103-36\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11035346\">\n<p id=\"11035346\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">When I was 15 I basically listed off the symptoms I suffered from with my periods and monthly cycle to my GP, she told me \u201cdon\u2019t be silly, that\u2019s just not how periods and hormones work\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>25 years later I was diagnosed with autism and learned about PMDD, a common comorbid condition in autistic women, the symptoms of which align exactly with every single thing I listed off to my GP all those years ago \ud83d\ude44. <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskReddit\/comments\/1vg3qdb\/whats_the_most_unhinged_thing_a_doctor_has_said\/p1txz9k\/\" target=\"_blank\"> SeePerspectives <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/reddit-post-16103-38\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11035348\">\n<p id=\"11035348\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">At 16, I had excruciating stomach pains. I was having a period at the times but it was not that sort of pain, even at 16 I knew the difference.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The GP dismissed it as period pain, and when I said it was much more severe, he suggested a miscarriage \ud83d\ude31 He sent me away anyway without even examining me.<\/p>\n<p>I lived in a children&#8217;s home at the time and that night, I screamed the house down apparently (I have no memory of it, I guess I&#8217;d passed out?)<\/p>\n<p>An ambulance arrived very quickly and at the hospital, I was rushed to the operating theatre. My appendix had ruptured and I had peritonitis too. I ended up in hospital for 3 weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Fun times! \ud83d\ude48. <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskReddit\/comments\/1vg3qdb\/whats_the_most_unhinged_thing_a_doctor_has_said\/p1ubz09\/\" target=\"_blank\"> GrannyDragonsFart <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/reddit-post-16103-40\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11035351\">\n<p id=\"11035351\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">I told them I recently got allergy symptoms and wanted to get it checked in an allergy test or whatever.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>They say: &#8220;no need to waste time on that, you got a weather app?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Me: &#8220;yeah&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Them: &#8220;what is the highest pollenvalue for anything?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Me: &#8220;birch&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Them: &#8220;you seem to be allergic to birch pollen!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I changed my doctor.<\/p>\n<p>It is dust allergy btw. <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskReddit\/comments\/1vg3qdb\/whats_the_most_unhinged_thing_a_doctor_has_said\/p1twnuo\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Sodavand100 <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/reddit-post-16103-43\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11035352\">\n<p id=\"11035352\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">Spouse is hemiplegic\/uses a wheelchair 99% of the time. ER doc told spouse \u201cto get more exercise, like jogging\u201d.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskReddit\/comments\/1vg3qdb\/whats_the_most_unhinged_thing_a_doctor_has_said\/p1tzlm9\/\" target=\"_blank\"> credditthreddit <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/reddit-post-16103-44\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11035353\">\n<p id=\"11035353\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">My husband&#8217;s sleep specialist asked in a knowing voice how many drinks he has a night. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>He replied, truthfully, that he basically never drinks.<\/p>\n<p>The mfer then replied &#8216;people like *husband&#8217;s name* tend to self medicate&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Basically called him a liar. In the third person. To his face. <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskReddit\/comments\/1vg3qdb\/whats_the_most_unhinged_thing_a_doctor_has_said\/p1u8al5\/\" target=\"_blank\"> DylanTonic <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/reddit-post-16103-45\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11035355\">\n<p id=\"11035355\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">\u201cAlright, let\u2019s get you FERTILE!\u201d <br \/>&#8211; a female endocrinologist upon meeting me after I was referred to them to treat my hypothyroidism. She said this AFTER going through my chart and very obviously seeing why I was there. I very gently laughed and corrected her and she was pissed off the whole rest of the visit. Kept trying to redirect the conversation towards fertility treatments. I did not go back.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskReddit\/comments\/1vg3qdb\/whats_the_most_unhinged_thing_a_doctor_has_said\/p1tzv6u\/\" target=\"_blank\"> ceruleanwild <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/reddit-post-16103-47\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11035357\">\n<p id=\"11035357\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">That everyone is always worried that they have cancer and how do you think I feel? <br \/>Yes he actually says that. <br \/>Anyway\u2026. Years later it turned out I have a tumour in my brain lining.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskReddit\/comments\/1vg3qdb\/whats_the_most_unhinged_thing_a_doctor_has_said\/p1u0jdp\/\" target=\"_blank\"> ladybirdy321 <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/reddit-post-16103-49\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11035358\">\n<p id=\"11035358\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">Took our son in for a checkup when he was 6ish months old, first time seeing this dr since our original *amazing* pediatrician moved. We were walking out after the appointment and joked about him being a stinker and sometimes throwing food. This woman says, &#8220;you know you can just pop him a little, he will learn eventually.&#8221; We found a new practice for the next appointment.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskReddit\/comments\/1vg3qdb\/whats_the_most_unhinged_thing_a_doctor_has_said\/p1tyx3l\/\" target=\"_blank\"> _Aperture-Scientist_ <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/reddit-post-16103-50\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11035359\">\n<p id=\"11035359\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">\u201cOh you have abdominal pain? I should probably give you a breast exam. \u201c<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This was late 90\u2019s when I was about 18. Just went with it coz what would I know??<\/p>\n<p>A few years previous, age 14 with unbearable period pain \u201coh it\u2019s a good sign, it means you\u2019re fertile\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>Seems outrageous to just accept that these days. I\u2019m glad the world is changing. <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskReddit\/comments\/1vg3qdb\/whats_the_most_unhinged_thing_a_doctor_has_said\/p1u1tt8\/\" target=\"_blank\"> maclabre <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/reddit-post-16103-51\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11035361\">\n<p id=\"11035361\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">Trying out a new doctor a few months ago and he says &#8220;you need to be careful with therapy&#8230;.you need to leave room for the holy Spirit to work in your life&#8221;&#8230;&#8230;<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskReddit\/comments\/1vg3qdb\/whats_the_most_unhinged_thing_a_doctor_has_said\/p1twy9r\/\" target=\"_blank\"> imwearingcons <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/reddit-post-16103-53\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11035362\">\n<p id=\"11035362\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">Told the VA disability doc I had anxiety and she said I should just drink less coffee. I drink one to two cups a day. Also, I was only 6 weeks back from deployment but obviously that has nothing to do with anxiety. \/s.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskReddit\/comments\/1vg3qdb\/whats_the_most_unhinged_thing_a_doctor_has_said\/p1u1keo\/\" target=\"_blank\"> usernamespeledwrong <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/reddit-post-16103-54\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11035364\">\n<p id=\"11035364\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">&#8220;it&#8217;s all in your head.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>First, it ended up being a pretty severe allergic reaction, with a hidden allergen and literal textbook symptoms.<\/p>\n<p>Second, if you are gonna tell someone their problem is all in their head, you better have a goddamned reference for a mental health professional in their hand by the end of the appointment. &#8220;All in your head&#8221; is not unfixable. <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskReddit\/comments\/1vg3qdb\/whats_the_most_unhinged_thing_a_doctor_has_said\/p1ty85s\/\" target=\"_blank\"> AtheneSchmidt <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/reddit-post-16103-56\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11035365\">\n<p id=\"11035365\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">Oncologist talking to newly diagnosed stage 4 cancer pt (not me) about prognosis: <\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me put it this way. Don\u2019t buy any green bananas\u201d. <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskReddit\/comments\/1vg3qdb\/whats_the_most_unhinged_thing_a_doctor_has_said\/p1u5f3w\/\" target=\"_blank\"> ndndr1 <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/reddit-post-16103-57\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11035366\">\n<p id=\"11035366\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">After feeling sick and energyless for months: You have to be more active to energise you and got to go more outside &#8211; minewhile I as a hunter being outside every two evenings and nearly collapsing after lifting an 12 kg deer. I&#8217;m no doctor but that didn&#8217;t seem neither the problem nor the solution&#8230;<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskReddit\/comments\/1vg3qdb\/whats_the_most_unhinged_thing_a_doctor_has_said\/p1twegl\/\" target=\"_blank\"> MediaNocti <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/reddit-post-16103-58\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11035367\">\n<p id=\"11035367\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">Had a doctor tell me i may have contracted HIV because I had inguinal lymph node swelling and was falling asleep outside of my control. i had mono&#8230;<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskReddit\/comments\/1vg3qdb\/whats_the_most_unhinged_thing_a_doctor_has_said\/p1tz7ei\/\" target=\"_blank\"> fraupanda <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/reddit-post-16103-59\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11035368\">\n<p id=\"11035368\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">\u201cIt\u2019s 100% not cancer.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Two weeks later I was diagnosed with STAGE FOUR colon cancer.\u00a0. <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskReddit\/comments\/1vg3qdb\/whats_the_most_unhinged_thing_a_doctor_has_said\/p1u86a4\/\" target=\"_blank\"> ashy_daddy <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/reddit-post-16103-60\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11035369\">\n<p id=\"11035369\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">A doctor in the ER told me I couldn&#8217;t have water bc I wasn&#8217;t thirsty bc he saw my blood work so he knows I&#8217;m not thirsty.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskReddit\/comments\/1vg3qdb\/whats_the_most_unhinged_thing_a_doctor_has_said\/p1txnov\/\" target=\"_blank\"> berrylakin <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/reddit-post-16103-61\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11035372\">\n<p id=\"11035372\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">When I was like 15 or 16 an older woman doctor asked me why I had gotten breast implants so young. I did not have breast implants. She had literally just examined my breasts. That was weird and made me question how she was even a doctor.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskReddit\/comments\/1vg3qdb\/whats_the_most_unhinged_thing_a_doctor_has_said\/p1tvofo\/\" target=\"_blank\"> PlentyAd8659 <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/reddit-post-16103-64\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11035374\">\n<p id=\"11035374\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">Mine missed a big diagnosis that is fatal if not treated. He was angry other doctors found out. He told me he wished I\u2019d passed away and not to come back. Cool. I hate this timeline.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskReddit\/comments\/1vg3qdb\/whats_the_most_unhinged_thing_a_doctor_has_said\/p1ubsw7\/\" target=\"_blank\"> OrganizationOdd4002 <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/reddit-post-16103-66\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11035379\">\n<p id=\"11035379\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">I went for a possible stress fracture in my foot and the nurse said nothing was wrong but that the pain was just an act of God.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskReddit\/comments\/1vg3qdb\/whats_the_most_unhinged_thing_a_doctor_has_said\/p1tyi21\/\" target=\"_blank\"> archie-croft <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/reddit-post-16103-71\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11035380\">\n<p id=\"11035380\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">I asked my doctor what a good birth control solution might be, and she told me that she wasn\u2019t worried about me getting pregnant because I was married.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskReddit\/comments\/1vg3qdb\/whats_the_most_unhinged_thing_a_doctor_has_said\/p1u04j2\/\" target=\"_blank\"> UnwashedBlueberry <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/reddit-post-16103-72\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11035381\">\n<p id=\"11035381\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">I was leaking brain fluid. She asks over the phone after discharging me\u2026if you lean forward does anything drip out of your nose? No? Okay good, you don\u2019t have to come back in.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskReddit\/comments\/1vg3qdb\/whats_the_most_unhinged_thing_a_doctor_has_said\/p1twg68\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Individual-Weird5688 <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/reddit-post-16103-73\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11035385\">\n<p id=\"11035385\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">\u201cWow, look at those eyes! Pretty bulgy, eh? Oh they\u2019ve always been this big? We\u2019ll order up a thyroid panel juuuust to be sure.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>(thyroid tests came back normal)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd that hair, wow! Is this your natural color? It is!? Amazing, I guess we\u2019ll confirm that soon enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>(Proceeds to position me for the pap smear I was there for \u2639\ufe0f). <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskReddit\/comments\/1vg3qdb\/whats_the_most_unhinged_thing_a_doctor_has_said\/p1ty07g\/\" target=\"_blank\"> buy-hi-seII-lo <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/reddit-post-16103-77\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11035387\">\n<p id=\"11035387\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">I know you have adhd, ocd but I think we should start you on bipolar meds, just to rule it out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>6 months later I see the same psychiatrist firm looking for participants in a trial for this medication.<\/p>\n<p>*im not bipolar. <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskReddit\/comments\/1vg3qdb\/whats_the_most_unhinged_thing_a_doctor_has_said\/p1u2wpt\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Calm_Grocery_7394 <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/reddit-post-16103-79\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11035393\">\n<p id=\"11035393\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">Reporting some dizziness (new) when I do certain things. Doc suggested I not do those things. All those years of medical school for that?<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskReddit\/comments\/1vg3qdb\/whats_the_most_unhinged_thing_a_doctor_has_said\/p1tyyyn\/\" target=\"_blank\"> MaximumUtility221 <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/reddit-post-16103-85\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11035394\">\n<p id=\"11035394\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">&#8220;Autistics don&#8217;t like to be touched because their skin releases certain chemicals that makes them feel itchy&#8221; &#8211; my supposed autism assessor.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskReddit\/comments\/1vg3qdb\/whats_the_most_unhinged_thing_a_doctor_has_said\/p1u1ki3\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Malikhi <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/reddit-post-16103-86\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11035396\">\n<p id=\"11035396\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">Following 12-months of near constant colds and tonsillitis with my 2-year-old, got a referral to a consultant who told me my daughter was fine, it was normal childhood stuff I was \u201cjust being an overly emotional and anxious mother\u201d. I made a complaint and it was dropped because he claimed he never said that and I misinterpreted him (those were his exact words). Sought a second opinion and my daughter had surgery shortly afterwards, with the surgeon commenting that \u201cthese were the largest tonsils I\u2019ve ever removed in my career\u201d.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskReddit\/comments\/1vg3qdb\/whats_the_most_unhinged_thing_a_doctor_has_said\/p1u8o7i\/\" target=\"_blank\"> PoundingTheStreets <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/reddit-post-16103-88\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11035397\">\n<p id=\"11035397\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">That my shoulder pain was empty nest syndrome .. that I had manifest sadness, loneliness women carry emotions in their shoulder and I might need a therapist to speak about my emotions I started crying because the pain was very real he said see your weak right now <br \/>.. 1 week later I had developed sepsis &#8230; I actually had a very infected swollen gallbladder, pancreatitis&#8230;<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskReddit\/comments\/1vg3qdb\/whats_the_most_unhinged_thing_a_doctor_has_said\/p1u4n2v\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Equivalent-Step7634 <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/reddit-post-16103-89\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11035334\">\n<p id=\"11035334\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">Does getting laughed at count? Asked for sterilization in my late 30s with no kids. He then proceeded to insist my boyfriend at the time be consulted <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Go figure many of these responses are from women regarding women&#8217;s issues. <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskReddit\/comments\/1vg3qdb\/whats_the_most_unhinged_thing_a_doctor_has_said\/p1u0ap4\/\" target=\"_blank\"> JennaLS <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/reddit-post-16103-26\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11035335\">\n<p id=\"11035335\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">Nothing as horrible as some of the stories I&#8217;m reading here, but during my first pap smear the practitioner was between my legs and stooping down to get a good view around the speculum.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>She readjusted the overhead lamp and absent mindedly said &#8220;it&#8217;s dark in here&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>God I was nearly crying laughing with how seriously she said it. <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskReddit\/comments\/1vg3qdb\/whats_the_most_unhinged_thing_a_doctor_has_said\/p1ud0gv\/\" target=\"_blank\"> SnapDragonZeta <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/reddit-post-16103-27\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11035349\">\n<p id=\"11035349\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">When I&#8217;d be trying for another baby.<br \/>He&#8217;d performed my hysterectomy&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskReddit\/comments\/1vg3qdb\/whats_the_most_unhinged_thing_a_doctor_has_said\/p1txjxl\/\" target=\"_blank\"> icemagicforever <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/reddit-post-16103-41\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11035371\">\n<p id=\"11035371\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">&#8216;Having an IUD inserted is no more painful than a smear test, just take a couple paracetamol before you come in&#8217;.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskReddit\/comments\/1vg3qdb\/whats_the_most_unhinged_thing_a_doctor_has_said\/p1tzoap\/\" target=\"_blank\"> randomrainbow99399 <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/reddit-post-16103-63\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11035376\">\n<p id=\"11035376\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">Lecturing me for over 20 minutes about not exercising enough while I was in dangerous, hospitalizable withdrawal from my SSRI (which he had failed to refill). I was 16.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskReddit\/comments\/1vg3qdb\/whats_the_most_unhinged_thing_a_doctor_has_said\/p1u2vmh\/\" target=\"_blank\"> glitter_witch <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/reddit-post-16103-68\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11035384\">\n<p id=\"11035384\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">I had fainting spells in middle school because of my thyroid and instead of doing tests, my doctor told me to eat more sodium. my mom got me to see another doctor for a second opinion. a few blood tests later and i&#8217;m put on thyroid medication.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskReddit\/comments\/1vg3qdb\/whats_the_most_unhinged_thing_a_doctor_has_said\/p1tzh79\/\" target=\"_blank\"> 7-riotous-sleep <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/reddit-post-16103-76\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11035390\">\n<p id=\"11035390\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">My attending trying to convince me during residency that my patient must have been an alcoholic, which is why her liver enzymes were so high.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I order a hepatitis panel and turns out she has hepatitis B and was in an active flare. Which he would have suspected if he listened to me explain that I had talked to the lady and she told me she grew up in Vietnam, never had vaccines, and was told she had a liver problem diagnosed as a teenager but couldn&#8217;t remember the name.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Not the only time that attending would accuse patients of random things. <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskReddit\/comments\/1vg3qdb\/whats_the_most_unhinged_thing_a_doctor_has_said\/p1u9npn\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Mizar1 <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/reddit-post-16103-82\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11035392\">\n<p id=\"11035392\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">You&#8217;re not having a heart attack, it&#8217;s just your anxiety. You&#8217;re too young. Why don&#8217;t you go get your hair done, maybe a massage?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>It was a widowmaker. I now have multiple stents. <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskReddit\/comments\/1vg3qdb\/whats_the_most_unhinged_thing_a_doctor_has_said\/p1uaqd4\/\" target=\"_blank\"> ooomellieooo <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/reddit-post-16103-84\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11035398\">\n<p id=\"11035398\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">My daughter was going in for a checkup and the doctor told me that I needed to lose weight. I asked him if he&#8217;s looked in the mirror \ud83e\ude9e lately? <\/span><\/p>\n<p>I was heavy because I had a kid. He was just plain fat (way fatter than me). <\/p>\n<p class=\"post-bottom-meta-links clearfix \"> <span class=\"sources\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-source\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AskReddit\/comments\/1vg3qdb\/whats_the_most_unhinged_thing_a_doctor_has_said\/p1u0a7o\/\" target=\"_blank\"> fryingthecat66 <\/a> <\/span> <span class=\"report\"> <a class=\"open-list-submission-report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/crazy-unhinged-things-doctors-said\/javascript:void(0)\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/contact-us\/?report-post=https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/reddit-post-16103-90\/\">Report<\/a> <\/span> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"open-list-item open-list-block clearfix \" data-submission-id=\"11035402\">\n<p id=\"11035402\" class=\"post-content-description text-open-list\"> <span class=\"bordered-description\">You know eating big Mac\u2019s at every meal is not healthy?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I was 17. That comment, combined with a type 1 diabetes diagnosis a year later, led me down the path to years of eating disorders. 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