Age you stopped going to the pediatrician

Around 13

The last time I went was when I was 15 or 16. I think he might have just been the family doctor though who saw everyone, and maybe not a pediatrician. Either way, it was the same doctor I saw my whole life. I went due to a leg rash that had gotten so bad it turned into an open wound. My parents never did the whole annual exam thing. They only sent us if there was a problem, and only if the problem got so bad they couldn't ignore it. On the bright side, I was old enough to enjoy it a bit, though it meant I decided there was definitely something wrong with me for enjoying it! After that I did not see another doctor until I was preparing to get married.

Although my childhood doctor was a GP, rather than paediatrician, I was certainly treated like a child until at least fifteen because even at that age I had to get injections bending over the receptionist's lap and the thought of her seeing me get a shot in the bare bottom (I presumed she was watching and perhaps even enjoying what she saw) made what I deemed the childish ordeal humiliating for me.

Probably age 16. Switched more out of necessity than anything else. I had some health things going on that they didn't seem to be taking very seriously so it was decided that it would be more productive to switch to an adult GP.

I stopped seeing the pediatrician as 15. I needed a physical for high school sports and the Pediatrician's office couldn't get me in. I switched to the adult doc and I remember feeling very grown-up.

I was 18.

I had my last pediatrician exam before my senior year of high school. I was 17. I went to an adult doctor before starting college.

Around 14 age

Never had one-unless it was when I was very young and can't remember. All of my childhood medical memories I have are of the family practice that we all went to.

15

I think I was 14 when I last went to the pediatrician ...went to a GP for highschool sports physicals

I was 18 when I stopped going to the pediatrician...

20 and still go, he says i can go up untill 22

I think I was 11 or 12. It was a long time ago.

I kept going to the Pediatrician until i was 17, it was very uncomfortable in there, everything was made for much smaller and younger kids, and i felt very out of place.

I last saw my pediatrician at age 24! I was an asthmatic as a baby; Dr. Y took care of me until I was 6 when we moved away. I moved back for graduate school. When I had a bad asthma attack again, my mother told me to see Dr. Y. The doctor was an old friend of my mother's from college. Mom called her and got me in right away. When I went to the office it was weird seeing all those tiny chairs for 3 year-olds and toys. The receptionist had my old chart. "It's been along time since you saw the doctor," she remarked. The doctor concentrated on my lungs, & found I was sicker than I thought: I had a pneumonia & had to be hospitalized. Telling me she has to do a complete exam for a hospitalization, she had me drop my trousers and shorts for a hernia/genital exam. As she was examining my penis she said, "Turned out well." She displayed my penis on her palm. "I did your circumcision when you were an born." It was weird also to be admitted to pediatrics, but that's where she had admitting privileges. The nurses told me they had adult patients on the ward for over flow often.

14

18.

Stopped at 16.

16 sounds about right. Sucks too because I had one instance of having a woman examine me. Who knew I would end up enjoying it for the rest of my life.

Sucks too because I had one instance of having a woman examine me.

There's nothing stopping you from finding a female doctor now that you're an adult.

I've never seen a paediatrician, if I was ill I saw our family GP and for immunisations it's usually the doctor/nurse at the GP surgery. I think that's standard in the UK, you go in the GP waiting room and there's everyone from babies to 90 year olds. At our local hospital they do have a separate A&E/ED for children, which is useful for the hospital as they can have the paeds specialists in one place and from the POV of patients it means kids aren't in a waiting room with drunk students at 3am and adults don't have small children running around bashing into their broken limbs.

Not since I was 15.

Last time was 17 for me.

My last visit was at the age of 19. I was going to be a counselor at a camp and needed a physical. I kept my bra and shirt on and just took off my pants, leaving underwear on. He did not have me remove anything further. He just did a basic exam and that was it.

17 I believe...right before college.

Late single digits for me. My father was a family doctor. He acted as my doctor after I stopped going to the pediatrician, but that's a whole other weird story.

Late single digits for me. My father was a family doctor. He acted as my doctor after I stopped going to the pediatrician, but that's a whole other weird story.

You can't tantalize with that without giving some details. A further explanation would be appreciated.

It's just weird having dad as your doctor. It especially got weird after puberty. When you're a self conscious teen, who wants a physical anyway, more especially from dad. It's also weird enough talking about your body and its functions with a stranger. Just try it with dad. I'm sure I missed out on excellent health care because of this, but who thinks about that as a kid?

My father was a family doctor. He acted as my doctor after I stopped going to the pediatrician, but that's a whole other weird story.

That must indeed have been super weird. It´s awful enough just talking about personal things of any kind at all, let alone medical things.

But somehow, in some countries at least, I seem to recall that there are legal restrictions on doctors treating other members of their immediate family. The reasons usually having to do with not having a doctor who might have conflicting reasons or stand to personal gain from for instance intentionally not properly treating a family member - think inheritance when treating a spouse.

Now, in your case none of these things would have applied of course, but I´m just wondering if I might have misread or incorrectly remembered. Or are there other members who can confirm that indeed in some places, doctors cannot treat their immediate family?