Are you concerned about taking up too much of the practitioner’s time? He or she probably is busy and he or she certainly has a lot of other patients. That’s the practitioner’s problem, not yours. There is only one of you and it is vital that you make the right decisions about yourself. You can’t do that without all the information and you need however much time that takes. If you need time by yourself or with family and friends to think things through, don’t hesitate to say so and ask for another appointment. Don’t be pressured into making far-reaching decisions on the spot. It is extremely rare for the situation to be so urgent that you can’t take a few days to make a decision. Don’t worry about inconveniencing your practitioner. You are paying for your practitioner’s services and he or she is there for your benefit, not the other way around.
f)0 you feel that if you ask too many questions the practitioner will label you as a ‘troublemaker’? This can happen. I would say this: a practitioner who would call an anxious, responsible, questioning adult a ‘troublemaker’ is not the sort of person I would trust to give me unbiased information and advice, let alone make decisions on my behalf. If your practitioner is like this, then all the more reason for insisting on enough information to make decisions yourself. Alternatively, you may well think it is a very good reason to find another practitioner. I certainly would.
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