If I am 18, can I schedule a doctor appointment without my parents knowing?
it would show on their insurance that the insurance paid for part of it. But you can just tell your parents you want to go in for a checkup, say you have been having pain in your wrist and need it checked out. They probably won;t think of anything if you say that.
If your 18 can u schedule an appointment to the doctors without your parents knowing?
im 18 years old and i have my own insurance card for Kaiser and i want to go schedule an appointment to see a gynecologist and i was wondering if you could do that without your parents knowing even though im under my parents insurance. I also dont want the gynecologist to tell my parents anything that happened and could i get treatment on my own if i had anything without my parents knowing too? HELP
How do I get my mother to schedule me a doctor's appointment? Many of my friends fear I have depression and urge me to see a doctor. My mother does not believe in mental illness though and I fear she won't take me seriously. Any suggestions?
I don’t know how old you are. I had the exact same issue when I was in High School. I was very depressed and my Mom thought that it was a reflection on the family if I sought help and kept telling me that “no one in our family is crazy.” Lots of times people view feeling depressed as some sign of weakness or as a character defect. It is NOT. My Mom’s generation had a lot of hardship and never heard of therapy. She though you just willed yourself to get over your problems and if you just trudged on and you stopped being such a wimp you’d eventually get better. I don’t blame her, because that’s what she was taught. It is truly terrible advice, however, for someone who is depressed.Depression is a matter of brain chemistry. Things that happen to you can affect that, sure, but often depression can be treated either with talk therapy or with medication if necessary. There is also new science based on electromagnetic stimulation that shows great promise. (It’s like sitting under a big hair dryer for a while and painless—not “electroshock.”Long story short, I told my mother calmly that I understood her feelings but that I felt I needed help. I then went out and found a therapist. I was old enough to have a part time job and I paid the small sliding-scale fee. I absolutely know it was the right thing to do and it helped.If you are too young to pay for therapy and get to the sessions yourself, that may be an issue. I have never tried this because it didn’t exist when I was young but there are now on-line Therapy services. Again, I don’t know what they cost.Another option would be to speak to a teacher you trust or to a school counselor. Perhaps they can speak to your Mom or point you in the right direction to seek some help.Depression is a real medical condition, not just something you imagine or something that means you are weak. It deserves your attention as much as any other health problem deserves your attention. I am sorry your Mom doesn’t see that. Don’t lie to her, but do seek help on your own if she will not provide that for you. Please, please get help IMMEDIATELY if you ever have thoughts of harming yourself or if you think that life would be better off without you in it. Depression can cloud your thinking and make you feel that there are no options and than nothing will change. I assure you they can change.
How do you schedule a doctors appointment if you're underage?
I'm 17 and I need to schedule an appointment with my doctor because I think something's wrong with me. The problem is my parents will be out of state for another week and a half which isn't a bad thing cause I don't really want them to know. I have all my mom's medical information stuff I just don't know what to do... So how do you even make the appointment?? If I make an appointment will it cost money? And will the doctor tell my parents that I went when they get home? Please help thanks!
How do stay-at-home moms handle doctor's appointments?
First - your final paragraph is the 1st line of attack in my opinion. Let the Doctor know what happened, and how detached and unhelpful his staff was when you needed them. Second - as a stay at home mom, I took them all with me if necessary, but limited doctors appointments to NONE finally. Unless someone was dying, we avoided doctors - See comments under "First" Third - most of my SAHM friends and I did have a network of help for each other if we needed to be somewhere without the whole troop. It worked quite well, was unspoken, yet seemed intentional enough. So the final suggestion is to network with other SAHM moms in your area. We didn't necessarily do play groups, but got to know each other through like interests, like little league sports, La Leche League, church, etc. For this appointment, unfortunately, none of that helps tons. But, maybe if you take a sick child with you, and let the office staff know you had to bring a sick child because they couldn't answer your questions (making sure to lean that child over them breathing heavily as you inform them the child is sick) they might think twice about trying to actually answer questions in the future. I know it is a bother, but I also know that paying out of pocket for a visit you had to cancel with legitimate reason is unacceptable. Hope this all works out well for you. I know how frustrating it can be. I was called to JURY DUTY!!! with a nursing infant. Nope, they don't let you off jury duty just because you feed a baby with your body. They just say "give that kid a bottle and be at the courthouse at 8." Our world can be very unsympathetic to moms now that it is filled with Daycares and plastic feeding and diapering devices :-(
I ask my mom to schedule a gynecologist appointment for me but whenever I bring it up she laughs in my face and calls me nasty. What should I do?
The reason for her to laugh could beShe thinks you are not old enough to consider your problem to be a gynic related, as if you are not a grown up to talk about that.She probably thinks you are just kidding with her maybe like the rest of the day (better not be funny everything).Whatever the reason, first you need to clarify whether your problem is gynic related or not, whether your problem is a serious one or most girls face it with age (assuming you are a girl)For that, you can search online (I once faced with a problem, I was so afraid, I studied about it and finally came to know that it can't either take from me, or give for me, I am perfectly fine now.) You can ask one of your good friends, better ask a mature one whether she knew about it, or faced it ever. (Better not ask a funny one who keeps craking jokes everytime, or else it will damage your mental health). You can ask your mom. Yeah, not like before, you better explain her everything the pain the guilt you are feeling about it. Solve all your questions lurkin in your mind.If you feel that it's not a serious one, easy. If you consider that it's a serious issue, convince your mom, If she not responding, you can seek the help of a grown up woman, it could be your relative or a family friend.Whatever it is, the first thing is to be mentally prepared, and don't feel guilt. Do know that all gynic problems have permanent solutions, you could be as healthy as others.
How do I convince my mom to set me up an appointment with my doctor when I really feel like something’s wrong?
When I was younger, I suspected I wasn’t well. My dad wouldn’t let me go to the doctor because he didn’t think anything was wrong. I got another family member to take me. Turned out I had a life-threatening illness. So that’s my answer, I guess. Get another family member to take you. I think most medical professionals will understand.
Why won't my mom let me go into a doctors appointment alone?
Unfortunately, many parents do things like saying this is MY daughter or this is MY son and they view their children as personal possessions, they believe they own you.This is a statement which will annoy many people who read it but honestly, I don’t care if they are annoyed or not. It is something that has annoyed me for decades.As a children's advocate I think there are some situations such as this where parents need to step back and allow their kids some privacy.I heard of one woman who went mental if her 15 year old son locked the bathroom door when he was having a bath and felt perfectly within her rights to just waltz in at any point without so much as knocking.Another who did the same thing only in her sons bedroom, now I guess I don’t need to tell you why a teenage boy might want complete privacy in his own bedroom.Anyhow back to your situation. If she refuses to let you go in alone then go with her and in front of the doctor and your mother ask the doctor if you can speak with him privately please. He ought to excuse your mother right there and then.Don’t expect her to be pleased, and if she starts off on one just tell her to her face, if you had listened to me in the first instance, if you had shown me any respect at all that wouldn’t have happened so get over it and in future please listen.There may be a huff for a few days but your health is more important than her ignorant feelings!Healthy regards,Brian.
I'm seventeen, can I make a doctors appointment by myself?
This is a real gray area. There is nothing to prevent a doctor from treating you; however, you have a few obstacles you might face: 1. Persons under the age of 18 can not enter into legal contracts except under specific circumstances (I believe the term is "necessities"..essentially food and shelter but can include other things depending on state law). Why is this important? You could get treated, but if you don't want to pay for it, you don't have to. Many medical facilities will not take this risk. 2. If you require medical treatment and have complications, the medical facility can get sued if the treatment was not reviewed with the parent of the minor child. 3. The insurance company may not allow you (as a minor child) to authorize medical services. Similar to point 1, you are a minor child. The insurance company may have a provision that they don't have to pay if the services are requested by a minor child without an adults consent. So can you make an appointment? Yes. Will the doctor see you? Maybe/maybe not Minor children are seen all the time without parental consent. It is going to depend on the doctor.
16 year old making doctor's appointment without parents there?
I am 16 years old and believe that I may have social anxiety disorder. I am SICK and tired of it, the social anxiety that is, and I would like to know if I'm eligible for medication. The thing is, when I told my parents about this, they refused to take me to the doctor because they didn't feel it was necessary. (overly old-fashioned) Therefore, I'm wondering if I can make my own appointment and drive myself in to see if I have this disorder and possibly be prescribed medication for it, or if I need to have a guardian with to sign any paperwork.