Given time to reflect on our experience with Dr. Johnson - I feel I didn't give him the benefit of the doubt he deserves. This one incident shouldn't represent his entire level of care - nor was it completely fair to his scope of practice as a GP.
Our case fell squarely in the realm of rare and unlikely; outside General Practice and he was doing well to get us referred to a specialist as quickly as he did - making sure the issue could be addressed as quickly as possible. I don't expect many (if any) GP's would have done any better in his shoes.
We still frankly don't know with any certainty that the SSRIs prescribed were the cause - only that the symptoms gradually faded after she stopped taking them - there was no good way to test for any of this. If anything this should serve as a cautionary tale to carefully research medications and the importance of strong patient advocacy in care - less so a personal rebuke of a Doctor trying to serve his patient the best he can.
It took a great deal of time for my wife to find a physician she felt safe with and genuinely cared for her well-being. He's consistently taken extra time and never given her the impression he was just churning her through to get to the next patient - he genuinely engages with her during her appointments. read more