Is there a reason you say your pain specialist is the only one in town?  I Googled and found several pain specialists there, including one in Bloomington Hospital.  Check around, if you have to look elsewhere, close to where you live if you can.  There is no reason you have to put up with this crap. 

I realize everyday how lucky I am to have the Primary Care doctor I have.  He has a vast knowledge about everything.  I have Interstitial Cystitis and Fibromyalgia, both conditions that many doctors don't know about, or believe that they exist only in your head.  I have pictures of my bladder to prove IC is real. He recognized right away that I had IC when I felt like I had a bladder infection but none was found.  I have a urologist now who has tried every treatment for IC with no improvement, so I am on Pain Management.  He is also a wonderful doctor.  I also have a Rheumatologist who is also great.  

I was extremely healthy until I turned 40.  I worked at one job 6 1/2 years before I had to take a sick day.  When I did, they were worried that it was serious.  I am now disabled at 54 and have been for 5 years.  I am overweight, but other than that I have always been healthy.  I don't smoke and drink rarely as my mother died of alcoholism and emphysema, and have sister who has COPD from smoking. 

No one knows the cause of IC and Fibromyalgia, but more women than men suffer from these conditions, and many with IC have Fibromyalgia.

Hang in there, and if possible find doctors who know what they are doing.

Thanks,

I live in Bloomington, In

i'm not sure where you live but if you live in middle TN there are two offices called Three Rivers Community Health. One is located in Linden and the other in Lyles. They accept all insurances for the most part except for health springs i think and they even take people without insurance. they are a state funded facility so they do a sliding fee for the uninsured based on household income. the newest doctor there who is now the medical director of the two facilities is a pediatrician and internal medicine. he also works at the hospital in my county one day a week and does some other work on the side. he's a great doctor and has a great bedside mannor. i did my student extern under him for school. he's patient and talks to you in a way in which you understand. now that i'm finished with school i take my kids, husband, and myself to see him. i hope this helps, but if you live close enough to go to one of the clinics i think you'd like them. most days he's at the lyles clinic.

Thank you, I have thought about sending him this!

Wow.. sorry to hear you are feeling so low.   I have not had a problem with dr's to this extent, but they do, at times have a way of making you feel like you are crazy or that nothing is wrong!!!

in my opinion,  when this dr makes you feel that way.. small.. like you don't deserve help..  tell him just that!!   He seems to need to be made aware of his bad bed side manner.   He should not make you feel this way. 

Sorry..  hope you feel better.