Hearing "everything looks fine" can leave you wondering whether you're overreacting. This conversation looks at what can happen next, and how to keep advocating for yourself without making your clinician the enemy.

Dr. Efrat LaMandre, known as Dr. E, is a practicing nurse practitioner and host of the Medical Disruptor podcast. She calls herself a "recovering medical gaslighter," and she shares what it was like to be on the patient side of the exam room.

You'll learn:

• What medical gaslighting is, and why it isn't always intentional

• Why normal labs can become the end of the conversation

• How to bring a symptom list and describe what has changed, with timelines, patterns, and specifics

• Why getting another opinion doesn't have to mean leaving a clinician you trust

• How to build a healthcare team instead of expecting one clinician to have every answer

You can respect your clinician's expertise and still trust your own experience of living in your body.