Debating My Doctor on My Insomnia
Those that know me, know that I don’t sleep much. Not by choice, but I just can’t seem to get to sleep and don’t stay asleep for more than a few hours. So I went to see the doctor about this or I should say….
I had to debate with my doctor today. He was trying to tell me that my insomnia problems are a result of a obsessive-compulsive disorder with technology and information which in turn keeps my brain engaged and won’t let things calm down in order for me to fall asleep.
I told him that he was being ridiculous for offering up a crazy diagnosis and informed him that there is plenty of evidence to suggest otherwise, I mean the Borg Hive Mind and the Cylons did not sleep at all and they functioned beyond capacity.
I knew I needed to convince him that I did not have Agoraphobia or Stockholm Syndrome as Strand Consulting might lead him to believe. Nor for him to him suggest some attachment theory, I only had rudimentary technology growing up. After all he is just a General Practioner/Family doctor not a psychologist nor do I want him suggesting the condition is mental related when in fact I believe it is a physical implication within the brain’s cyclical clock.
I felt I needed to facilitate in this diagnosis and provide some quantifiable and qualifiable metrics to him. So I pulled out my iPhone to Google a few key terms with initial proof to repudiate his claims and my Androidphone to show him recent posts on social sites around sleep disorders have not shown any cases in the last 90 days to justify his claim.
There were a few links to some YouTube and Viddlr videos from some other doctors at sleep clinics, but my doctor said he did not have time to view them and did not think they would be relevant. I told him give me a second to save these to Evernoteand tag them so I could review them later. He just stared at me perplexed.
Because of limited bandwidth I could only illustrate to him that:
1) OCD has no correlation with his stated claim based on initial research
2) that once I have access to “R” on my iphone or droid I can provide him statistical analysis against his claims.
I also informed him he his still operating in Luddite mode with his paper based prescription system, hell the Amish are even a bit further ahead than his office.
I had offered to email him a link to additional research I have on mobile based electronic prescription systems, but he declined.
I also informed him that his credit card billing system could be more efficient if he looked into becoming a beta test of the kick ass startup Square Credit Card product that will be a huge disruptorin this field. He would have the flexibility to use Droid or iPod Touch to accept credit cards rather then those expensive office machines. Actually, I told him he could use any mobile device but would be foolish to use anything other than a Droid or iPhone/iPod device.
Apparently, he has a technophobia of some sort - least from what a quick Google provided me and telling him this apparently did not one bit of good in actually getting an accurate diagnosis of my sleeping condition.
Nonetheless I obtained a copy of my medical record for that office visit and have placed it into my Google Health account, just to be sure I have a record of the visit and the absurd diagnosis.
I guess I need to seek another opinion of some doctor or find something more to do to fill that time when I just cannot sleep well.
Just as I am leaving I informed the doctor that I was able to write a post to my Tumblrblog on this crazy office visit from my iPhone using the Tumblerette App. All while his office staff was using archaic methods to pull the paperwork together for me.
