Quit Your Neurologist! 10 Red Flags You Should Never Ignore.

I'm thinking perhaps the last neurologist I saw was not a neurologist at all but five red flags wearing a white coat 🤔

Wish I'd seen this years ago 🙄

I had a surprisingly emotional response watching this video. Being newly diagnosed and told to go out and do the research to decide on which treatment I wanted to start was so overwhelming. It just made me feel hopeless. Thankfully, I now know that this just means I need to find a better provider who is knowledgable about the options. Thank you so much for all you share with our community in a country where our healthcare system is so convoluted you give me hope.

Hello, I have such a great wonderful MS Dr. Every appt with him he covers all of these red flag items. I’ve been with him over 20 years and I’m doing great. His name is Dr Barry Hendin in Arizona. Thank you Doc for all these videos.

Hi Dr. B I have had “MS type symptoms“ for 20+ years which keep getting worse. I am currently waiting to see my seventh neurologist because I just continuously get dismissed and literally verbally insulted. All of those red flags such a crying shame. Although I haven’t been diagnosed with anything to date, I do find comfort in your videos as they help me to understand many things to which I thank you for taking the time to show your God given heart to the world.❤

Great advice. Unfortunately many of these red flags are unavoidable in our struggling NHS in the UK though. But we should certainly be striving for better care and monitoring.

Dr. Boster, One of my passions is to help MS patients with mental health comorbidities manage what they are experiencing through psychoeducation and therapeutic support. I use you as a resource often alongside the awesome powers that neuroscience provides, because the brain is a magical place! I just want to thank you for being a resource for Therapist's like myself that have a heart for the mental health of those on their journey with MS. Everyone has the right to understand what's happening to their body, expectations help manage stress and reduces the feeling of being out of control...knowledge really is power and it shouldn't be so mysterious. Normalizing the experience has brought peace, so thank you for unintentionally partnering with me lol!! Mental health and MS are intertwined ❤️ treat the whole person: mind, body and spirit! I have told many of my own clients this, Drs and Therapist's are like shoes, don't be afraid to try a few out until you get the perfect fit. 😉

At 75 years old my symptoms are worse! Doctors have never taken me seriously for some reason, l still do not have a diagnosis of MS even though l have had many problems for years, l have been quite frankly been suffering Praying to God for Stamina to go on , l was taught as a child many times to suck it up , my parents somehow managed to get me medical care when l needed it , l was always having problems with pain and numbness in my body even as a child but didn’t know how to describe the problem to anyone! I have had in my life the Ebsteen Bar virus and rheumatic fever, from lots of Streptococcal infections! I feel so bad now and l have talked to Doctors till l am talked out , they have recently given me a nerve conduction test , n EMG test plus labs but stated that l have severe carpal tunnel in both hands and pinched nerve in neck and back l asked about my numbness that doctor asked me if they have given me a spinal tap? I said no , l wonder if l can get that done at my age ? Thank You Mr Boster l wish l had you years ago for a Doctor ! You seem such a caring and thorough DR! God Bless You For What You Do ! 🙏❤️👍

Number 9 drives me crazy! It was the strangest part about being diagnosed, and is absurd. Just as you described sending a patient home to make their own decision without much clinical explanation and support is quite frankly, lazy medicine in my opinion. I experienced this, and it led to a small delay in starting treatment for fear of selecting the wrong medication.

I dumped my old neurologist based in large part on this advice and saw an MS specialist for the first time this afternoon. The difference is night and day. My new doc checks all of the boxes you've mentioned here and I couldn't feel more vindicated right now. Thank you for the excellent advice.

Wow!! I was Recent diagnosed, January of 2024, and received a phone call from my neuroimmunologist saying I had MS and then she emailed me 5 choices to pick from for my Meds. Needless to say I have no idea how to pick and haven't yet! It is now mid May. During my initial and only in person visit last October, she also told me we didn't want to focus on my symptoms! I definitely need to kick her to the curb!

the last time i tried to visit a neurologist he told me "go away, there is nothing i can do for you" that was for me a BIG RED FLAG,

One more thing: please believe in us. Some doctors don't believe in what we are saying as a symptom. This is not okay, we know how we feel.

All Dr's should be like you.

If not for the red flags, I never would have been desperate and started to search on YouTube, finding you. It’s empowering to have this access to wisdom and support outside of an office and hearing it when you’re at such lows.

Another great one. My first neurologist had most of these red flags, which brought me to find you!

The Neurologist who made my diagnosis gave me 4 options for treatment and asked me to look into them and choose. However, from day one he was up front about not being an MS specialist. He also told me that anytime I wanted to find a specialist, he would help me find one and refer me. Fortunately I have an acquaintance who likes her MS Neurologist and recommended the clinic where she goes. That's where I am now. Different doctor than her, but same clinic. Looks like Dr. Boster would give me the thumbs up on these Red Flags with my neurologist.

OMG! I have seen several neurologists over the last twenty years (not my choice, they just move on), and the best one only succeeded in one half of one of those red flags! I didn't know any better back then, so your advice is monumentally important to recently diagnosed people. I am sharing this video everywhere I can and will continue to do so every few weeks. If it can save someone from what I; and many others, have experienced, it is worthwhile. Thank you.

Honestly watching your videos helped me find a better doctor. I found out two years into care that they were a general neurologist and not one that specialized in MS. I can say hands down that I makes a huge difference in care and overall treatment. I finally got to be on a DMT that I wanted and that didn’t make me feel worse. Got diagnosed with something I didn’t realize was an MS issue and had my first MRI that didn’t have new lesions. I appreciate your content and attitude on MS.

Nice video. Incredible production value too. Maybe you could do another video on "green" flags. #9 is essentially a critique of the so-called "McDonaldization" of medicine ("would you like fries with that" etc). I have had patients tell me they were literally handed a stack of brochures (i.e. drug-company marketing materials) and asked to tell the doctor which drug to prescribe.