Something is already wrong if you are afraid

I had a 1:1 coaching call yesterday, and obviously I can't tell you most of it because of privacy, but there are a few key things that come out of that meeting that I think you need to know about because you may be in a similar situation.

It is not okay to be in a relationship with a provider where you are afraid to give them feedback on the plan of care, wether it be a pain plan, a emotional health plan or a diabetes plan. If you think that just SAYING "the plan is not working" is going to threaten your relationship with the provider, the relationship is already unsalvageable. You may elect to stay for a period of time to find a better provider, but to be clear, there is no way you will ever have positive health outcomes seeing a provider who you feel doesn't care what you think or what you have to say. Zero good things come from this.

If you are a pain patient and you think that suggesting a change will get you dismissed, you are effectively dismissed already, because "they got you where they want you" and you will never have a effective pain plan there.

So what do you do? If you REALLY can't talk to them, don't. Find another provider and stay at the butthole until you find the new one. Take what you can get and be sure you know if you a kratom responder or not, because the relationship is not going to improve the longer you know them if you can't even talk to them plainly.

Just a warning, and a prayer that you find the one that will love you today, because you deserve to have a provider that loves you, no buts.