General practitioner or specialist for diabetes?

@naptnm Hello naptnm, thank you for starting this discussion! I'm sorry you're feeling like you're not being fully supported by your doctor. If you're worried about your health, don't be afraid to speak to your doctor about it or look for a second opinion. Let me tag some members who can share their experience with you.

Hello all, how are you doing today?  Do you see your primary care doctor or a specialist for your diabetes? Are you satisfied with the care you receive? Are there things you think your doctor could do better? Does your doctor give you or refer you to nutritional or exercise advice? Feel free to share your experiences here!

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Take care,
Courtney

@naptnm Morning! I saw my normal doctor up until the point where my diabetes got too hard for me to handle on my own and I started having complications. I was lucky in that my general doctor was really patient and answered all my questions and wrote me off a list of sites and books to look at.

But I think you should be able to see a specialist whenever you need, they're there for that. Maybe you can ask your regular guy if he can recommend a good nutritionist who focuses on diabetes or if he reccommends any resources for you?

I just see my primary care doctor. I go every month because I have to have my blood pressure checked being on the phentermine.I have to check my sugar and blood pressure twice a day so I keep a record of my readings and every visit I carry them so that she can see how my numbers are doing. So far she is well pleased with not only the weight that I’m losing,but  also she is pleased with how the numbers for my sugar reading and blood pressure are doing.

I currently have an endocrinologist, but am looking to change. I am unsure who I will go with, but am looking. The nearest endocrinologists to me are not very close so I'm not sure about seeing another one. I have been researching doctors in my area and I found a couple that interest me. I want a doctor who will work with me and not just "tell" me what to do. When you deal with not only one condition you need someone who will take into consideration your other issues too! Total care is what I am looking for instead of having multiple professionals for each different issue.

Good morning all, Once I was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes by a general practitioner, I immediately started looking for an internal medicine doctor to help me manage my diabetes. I found an awesome doctor with a dual specialty of Internal Medicine & Pediatrics. He diagnosed another chronic condition, Stage 3 Chronic Kidney Disease, directly attributable to my TD2.

My doctor is very approachable and he is very detail-oriented. I feel I have the best care available with an Internal Medicine doctor.

I have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes on May 24 and take metformin twice a day..has anyone experienced light headed ess and dizziness when starting this medication?

I felt the same as you with my original PCP; however, I am set to see a new PCP next week (June 27) and hopefully I see more eye to eye with this one and this one doesn't think they are better than the specialists. I was given no information about diabetes, what to expect, how often to test, what my ranges should be, etc. After doing some research I realized that this was part of Metabolic Syndrome and requested a referral to an Endochrinologist to which she said, what can they do that I can't? Umm, excuse me, but they are a specialist and they deal a lot with diabetes care. All she wanted to do was prescribe a medication and had no other information or advice to provide. So, to me, I would rather see a specialist who has more experience in something like this and can get more into detail about the disease including testing for underlying problems that are causing it.