> It's the same with doctors. Unless you have something straightforward: a tumor, a broken bone, a bacterial infection, etc... it is quite difficult to get a doctor _interested_ in solving a difficult problem. They don't have time for you and they aren't interested in subtlety.
I didn't realise how true this was until I started trying to obtain treatment for asthma that is slightly different from the apparently easy kind. I literally had a doctor get raise-his-voice angry with me because he thought a medicine should treat my asthma, but it measurably had no effect. Anyway, I saw a summary re-posted on Imgur, probably from Twitter, that I think summed it up:
> doctors in medical dramas when a patient has a mystery illness: I must examine every symptom and run every test! I won't rest until I've cracked this case!
>
> doctors irl when a patient has a mystery illness: hmm, have you considered that you're faking it?
I didn't realise how true this was until I started trying to obtain treatment for asthma that is slightly different from the apparently easy kind. I literally had a doctor get raise-his-voice angry with me because he thought a medicine should treat my asthma, but it measurably had no effect. Anyway, I saw a summary re-posted on Imgur, probably from Twitter, that I think summed it up:
> doctors in medical dramas when a patient has a mystery illness: I must examine every symptom and run every test! I won't rest until I've cracked this case!
>
> doctors irl when a patient has a mystery illness: hmm, have you considered that you're faking it?