Recommend a good doctor?

There was one in Watson, but I think she retired.

gidget said :

Its not a contradiciton.

It really is. Medicine is the application of demonstrably beneficial methods in the treatment of disease. Naturopathy, as an alternative medical practice, is the application of unproven or unprovable methods in an attempt to treat disease.

Naturopathy is also unregulated (well, they say self-regulated…) in Australia.

Its not a contradiciton. They do exist – they just have 2 degrees which they have then combined to be a helpful, informed, practical doctor who is not afraid to look into more natural remedies, but knows when it is time to get into the harder stuff. They exist in Melbourne and Sydney, but perhaps not Canberra

Without attempting to be rude, I’d suggest that “a good GP… who is also a naturopath” is a contradiction in terms.

There’s a very, very good Dr Zoran (that’s his first name – no one I know can say his second name) in a medical practice in Picton. He’s worth the drive, and you get to have lunch at Berrima on the way.

You might be better off sticking to one GP – they will see that you are not getting better over time, and order further investigations, or rule out options. It is hard for them to diagnose an unusual or rare problem in one quick visit.

following on from this, does anyone know of a good GP in Canberra who is also a naturopath?

Antonio Didio at Foundation Health care in Wanniasa (just opposite Erindale shops)- good doc, great sense of humour and bulkbills for kids/vaccinations etc…

Many thanks to all for all the advice. Sadly I expected better than what I got. Next time I shall ask for specialist referrals on Day One. I wish I could ask for a refund from all the doctors who told me “… mmmmm- dunno… pay as you leave the surgery – thanks.”

I have been to a few doctors in Canberra and seen a specialist here, none can diagnose my problem, the only doctor who knows that I have a problem is Dr David Voon in Kaleen, he just said to me a man had the same problem, he also went to specialists, and they could not diagnose him, eventually it went away for him, I am still the same after three years, I think that I will go to Sydney for more tests.