Ever feel like your doctors are just giving you the runaround?

I’ve been dealing with this skin issue that only flares up in the winter, and it's been going on for 15 years now.
I've seen a bunch of doctors, and every single one has their own little theory, but nobody actually helps.
Finally, I went private, got an injection of Flosteron, and for two years, everything was perfect.
Then it comes back, I head over to the Napa Valley clinic, and suddenly I'm buried under twenty different referrals.😵
You'd think they'd just ask, "Hey, why don't we just give you the Flosteron shot?" But nope, apparently that's off-limits. So instead, I spend months jumping through hoops—blood work, tape tests, being photographed—you name it. Then they spot excess red blood cells in my urine and send me to a urologist and a nephrologist, who then just send me right back for the exact same tests because the results are "outdated." What am I supposed to do? I have to wait for every single appointment.
In the end, my dermatologist basically tells me I just have to live with it and says, "See ya in a month" once I get more tests done by other specialists. A month? Give me a break. By the time I finish those tests, it'll be at least two months.
Of course, every doctor finds some new "problem" to obsess over. Nobody cares about making me feel good or just fixing the itchy rash! Instead, I’ve had 15 blood draws, 20 urine samples, two X-rays, induced diarrhea, having birthmarks removed... I can't even remember everything anymore. I definitely won't forget the gastroscopy, and now they want me to undergo that lovely procedure where they shove a lighted camera up my urethra, plus a rectoscopy.
I was perfectly healthy before I saw a doctor, but after all these pills and creams, my health is actually failing me.
Why am I even writing this? Why didn't I just go private for the Flosteron from the start? Why?
Now a new problem has popped up, and I've already gotten three different opinions. It's just going to be more repeating tests, and while they're busy "solving" that, something else will flare up. I was absolutely healthy for 40 years until I went to a doctor for a rash.
I am losing my mind here. I'm frustrated, and I refuse to believe there isn't a single decent diagnostician left in this entire country!

It’s like you actually went to a consultation with Dr. House!

It seems to me that someone focused far too much on those fancy diagnostic tests while neglecting the patient history and physical exam. This usually stems from a lack of clinical expertise...

Ugh, I feel your pain. Last year and even this year, I’ve bounced between basically every hospital in the area. I went through endless tests just for them to conclude it was a big fat NOTHING. They honestly have no clue what’s actually going on with me... and then they just shrug and act like everything is fine. Even though I have this one specific symptom that isn't exactly something you can just brush off, I still feel pretty lousy overall.

They sent me for this test, then that one, drew so much blood I felt like a pincushion, and shuttled me from one hospital to another... "It could be this," "Check that," "Maybe try this"... God, it was exhausting.
So yeah, I’m officially taking a break from doctors for now.
Honestly, I think the smartest move is to just head to a private clinic, pay out of pocket, and get them to actually run the full battery of tests to find the root cause. Dealing with our public healthcare system is a total nightmare.

And don't even get me started on that classic line I hear over and over from different doctors: "Oh, you're so young, I doubt it's anything serious." It's such nonsense. As if being young somehow makes you immune to serious issues. Instead of actually treating someone properly or finding the real cause of their symptoms early on, they just write it off because—well, you're too young.
Then it's like, "Oh, she's just a doctor shopper who's bored with life, that's why she keeps coming back looking for answers."

Seriously, I'm losing my mind here. Every single doctor uses this ridiculous process of elimination method... "Well, maybe it's this—go take these tests." You come back, and they say, "Nope, not that, so maybe it's this—go check this instead."

The whole healthcare system is a disaster!!