https://www.improvediagnosis.org/dxiq-column/feeling-dismissed-and-ignored-by-your-doctor-do-this/

This is for all those who are being told by their doctors your condition psychological.

In many cases doctors dismiss the symptoms if its not a common condition. Some rare medical diseases/cases are diagnosed after several years and after visiting multiple doctors and hospitals. There are many cases where doctors even reluctant to prescribe further tests and say we are over reacting.

Young patients are presumed to be healthy by doctors. If you show-up at a urologist / andrologist office with a compliant of erectile dysfunction, its most likely that you are dismissed outright. He will most probably tell you it was psychological and you will probably receive low dose Sidenafil/Tadalafil prescription without any diagnosis.

Even if doctor prescribes test, radiologist may not be skilled enough to detect the abnormality. The doctor only looks at the report prepared by radiologist and doesn't take a look at the actual scan to analyse the problem himself.

What shall we do? Shall we accept its psychological and give up?
Deep down every one knows its not psychological. We will be lying to ourself if we accept it.

There are clear evidence of physical changes in penis. We don't know whats causing it. It may be Muscle issue, blood vessel issue, Nerves related issue. WE ARE NOT DOCTORS. We can only speculate but cannot confirm. The urologist who failed to determine cause of your issue is unlikely to refer you any other speciality. Even if he refers, the other doctor may not be comfortable listening to your penis issue. Most-likely they wont even look at your penis and again suggest you to go to another Urologist.

Its unfortunate that even if patients are able to afford and willing to undergo any test, Docs say further tests are not required even after failing to identify the cause.

They say the problem is psychological. But its actually them causing our mental anguish by failure to listen to patients and failure to carryout complete diagnosis.

Please do not lose hope. Consult various specialities. Ask-them what is the cause behind it. Ask them questions. If they dont find in one test then ask for further tests. They just cant dismiss your problem. YOU are the one suffering, they are not.

I will vent the mental anguish that I am going through in separate post. Its similar but not HF. I am running to doctors for tests and Diagnosis. Please pray my condition will be better.