I am so emotionally drained right now. In July, as I've stated in other posts, I was bitten by three ticks. I feel I have lyme disease, and have a co-infection rash to prove it. I went to the doctor today and his dismissed all of my symptoms, even the rash. He didn't even order a blood test. I was so upset by this you have no idea. On the car ride home I began to stare for five minutes and I was unresponive to my mother because I was so lost in my thoughts. For the past three nights I've cried while sitting at my computer, while reading about symptoms of diseases I think I have, and so on. I never used to cry, until now, as I think my anxiety has really reached a new level. Every time I go to the doctor I am afraid (literally, as in my hear beats faster) to tell them about my symptoms because I feel like they get annoyed and will just tell me it's all in my head. Today the doctor laughed when I told him I think I have an infection. My parents don't take me seriously and I cannot take it. They just tell me to stop worrying and then walk away. Once my mother even rolled her eyes when I told her I had a headache. This made me feel like I was worthless. I know my parents love me with all their heart, but right now I think they are beginning to ignore me when I think I have a real problem. I do actually have a malformation in my brain, and if my symptoms become worse one day Im afraid theyll tell me to stop worrying and that it's all anxiety and wont act seriously about it and there is nothing I can do. I am sorry but I really needed to vent. Does anybody else feel like nobody ever listens to them?

I am so sorry that you are being treated this way... I don't really know how to get them to listen to you, but I sort of know how you feel. I used to call my mom to pick me up from school because I didn't feel right. I felt nervous and detatched and she would say I was just trying to get out of class, only to find out years later it was anxiety. I also went to the doctor in agonizing pain several times when I was pregnant ( I am young, so they didnt take me seriously) I went in about 6 time with this unbarable pain. A month after I had my son, I insisted they check my gallbladder, I told them I thought I had gallstones. They were telling me I was too young for those, but since I refused all the other tests, they did the ultrasound to check for that and they said, "What do you know! You have gallstones!" .... My point is, be assertive. If not to your parents, then to your doctor. Tell them you do not feel you are getting appropriate care... and if all else fails, go to a free clinic. They usually listen there, confidential too, so your parents don't have to critisize you. Good Luck to you.

Get a new doctor. You have the right to have a doctor that will sit and listen to you.

Try telling your mom and dad how you feel - that nobody is listening to you, and that this is making you extremely anxious. The other posters are right. You have the right to a sympathetic doctor who will take you seriously. If you are a teenager, sometimes older people almost expect younger people to act moody, and DON'T always take them seriously, which is a bad thing.