I've been seeing a N.O. for the past two years who I would give a mixed review to. I think she is a competent doctor and I think she cares. Not a bad doctor. However, I've increasingly come to believe that she isn't the right doctor for ME. She's always been sort of goofy. She's very dramatic, which is kind of annoying, and has no filter. Lots of head shaking, sighing, "ugh" sounds when she looks in my eyes and sees paps, etc. At first I just kind of smiled to myself but over time as we've had issues to discuss it's become a bigger deal and I find myself dreading having to talk to her. She really kind of stresses me out!

So yesterday I went to a new NO at the U. The clinic was VERY impressive, huge system with state of the art equipment, lovely staff. A teaching facility so I saw a fellow I liked as well as the NO. And I liked him fine, his chairside manner was more my style. But...unlike my first doctor who is overly emphatic about my PTC, he didn't seem to think it was concerning at all. In fact, since my papilledema was an unimpressive +1 and I don't have any vision loss (yes I am lucky) he kind of shrugged and said he was fine with me being on Diamox (which I self-started out of desperation several days prior) or not being on it. He even seemed to doubt the diagnosis a bit because I'm "skinny." This threw me off, because don't we all know that while PTC does occur most in a certain population, it can happen to anyone? I would expect an expert in PTC should be to be more aware of this. And what does he make of my OP of 32 (done properly under imaging, face down)? Shrug. I have had a constant headache for 3 weeks which was so horrid over the weekend I couldn't get out of bed or function. I felt depressed over the pain which is not my usual self at all. He told me lots of people get headaches, never mind that this is much more severe for me than usual and does indeed correlate with paps. I'm thrilled that my PTC is relatively mild. That's great. But isn't ANY papilledema a concern???

Also in regards to my other visual diagnosis he told me he's never heard of it. He did help me find much better tinted glasses than what my previous doctor prescribed so those may help me. But as to the symptoms that make up that diagnosis - which he is familiar with individually if not as a syndrome - he said there's nothing he can do.

I guess this is more a vent than a question. I was just so hoping to find a doctor that I felt really good about - NOs are hardly a dime a dozen - and hoping against hope to find one with fresh ideas about my other visual issues. I THINK I will still transfer my care. At least I am comfortable with the new doctor and they were much more thorough in my work up. It's funny after I found the first doctor to be overly dramatic about the seriousness of PTC to find a second doctor who is the opposite, and that bothers me too. There's got to be a doctor my style out there! But I can't afford to keep shopping. Ugh!