“Well, you look like you’re doing great,” my primary care physician cheerfully informed me.
I stared at her from the examination table in disbelief. I had just told her that I wasn’t enjoying being with my children and was having trouble doing what needed to be done at work and at home. As a health journalist, I had interviewed dozens of physicians and psychologists. I knew that being unable to live one’s life was the big red flag signaling it was time to get help.
I was asking for help.
But my doctor was under the impression I didn’t need it. “I don’t think you’re at the point where medication is an option, and anyway, it can be addictive. Keep exercising and doing yoga, and maybe consider meditating,” she said with a tight smile. “Try to get some more sleep.”
[For more on this story by Camille Noe Pagán, go to https://www.nytimes.com/2018/0...health-concerns.html]
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