Age you stopped going to the pediatrician

I was 16 when I went from the pediatric Respiratory Dr to an adult one .

Here though you only see a paediatrician if you get referred for a specific reason . Otherwise it's your GP or a referral to a dr who specialises in set issues.

I stopped seeing my Pediatrician when I started high school. I would have been weird sitting in the waiting room with a bunch of children.

Emm... i think i seeing doctor when i get flu & cough only. But for genital exam, i never seeing doctor. i hope my genital normally function.

I never went to a pediatrician. Not even sure we had one around at the time. I went to a family practice dr all of my life.

17. I went to my first adult doctor at age 18.

Went till I was 18

When I became 14 my Mom sent me our family doctor!

I was 10 when I stopped going to the pediatrician.

My last physical with my pediatrician was at age 19. He'd been my doctor, except for gynecological issues, all my life and I really hated to let go.

I was about 10 when mother started taking me to the family practitioner rather than the pediatrician.

I've seen the same PCP since infancy. Not sure what I'll do when he finally decides to hang up the stethoscope :/

I stopped when i was 16 years old

About 15 or 16

I think that I was about 15 years old when I stop going to pediatrician.

Growing up I had a FP/GP, very old school trained. He delivered babies, did appendectomies and all sorts of other things that many GP and FP do not do for the most part. Sadly.he had to retire when is sight started to fail. He passed away last year, age 98. One of the very best Dr's I have ever known and had for countless reasons!

I still use an GP who is also FP. He is incredible, though nothing like the one I grew up with, though still just as thorough and old school as well. Though there is a good 40yrs age difference between them!

As with most GP's I had a GP who was also had a Family Practice (FP) and as such was devoted to comprehensive health care for people of all ages. It was quite common during my childhood not to see a Pediatrician unless it was something that our GP needed to refer us .

Like many of his generation of doctors he did everything from delivering babies to performing minor operations in his surgery and was also a member of the Royal College of Surgeons and Physicians . Hes passed away after years ago after about 55 years of service. Good Old schooled Family Practice doctors are now a dying breed , such a shame but its the reality of medicine in the 21st century .

In France, only really small children go to the pediatrician, after that they are taken to GPs (plus, GPs are capable of dealing with most issues with small children).

Although it was a bit unusual, I had to continue going to my Pediatrician almost up to the age of 18.

I was quite unwilling to do so but my mom was adamant because she had so much trust and confidence on my Pediatrician's medical skills. So, my Mom would almost forcibly take me to her clinic almost once a month for routine check up.

Till date I am confused that my Pediatrician also never told my mom that I have grown up enough to start visiting a GP. She would happily welcome me to her clinic and give me a thorough medical check up every month which obviously included my genital examination.By that time I already started masturbating (by natural adolescent instinct). As a Doctor she could easily understand that and started giving more attention to my penis exam. However, she never mind my erection while the shaft was still held in her fingers. She used to give a beautiful smile to make me feel easy.

Finally, my Mom agreed to send me to a GP. I am not sure whether my Pediatrician felt sad when I discontinued visiting her clinic. She was deeply affectionate towards me.

Regards

I went to the Pediatrician Office for routine physical examinations up to age 18 when I had my College Entrance Physical. He was in Pediatrics/Adolescent Medicine and saw youths up to their finishing the college years. After I was hired by a large multi-national corporation with my Engineering Degree I began seeing a Primary Care Doctor under my company health insurance benefits. I did see the company occu med doctor for the new hire physical examination one time.

Physical. Upon reflection what are your thoughts about seeking care from a doctor specializing in Adolescent Medicine? Were you treated more like a child or an adult? My doctor (also an AM doctor) helped me through the most difficult years in my life. She could not always keep me on the right path but she did the best she could for me. Your experiences would be appreciated. I am not baiting you to bash you.

Hello Turkent. The Doctor I saw that was in the field of Adolescent Medicine was most helpful to me as I went through college. I had severe acne and I was socially inept because of it and I had low self esteem. He counseled me on how to not let it inhibit me socially and prescribed antibiotics to help relieve the acne. I was never a joiner and placed my focus on getting good grades. Even today I still have to take antibiotics for the acne and was told it would most likely persist throughout my life. I have gone through a Holy Hell with this condition. It can effect your social life, your career and your self esteem. If it had not been for the Adolescent Medical Doctor I most likely would have dropped out of college and never had gotten my Mechanical Engineering Degree.

Oh Physical what a sad story. Acne is such a curse. A good adolescent doc is worth his or her weight in gold. Good for you in persevering and getting your degree. Both my father and my son were and are mechanical engineers. As my son said once when I was impressed with what he was doing--"I'm an engineer, I can do whatever I want!"

(It's funny how the same word can mean different things in different places. In France, a pediatrician caters mostly to small children and perhaps older ones... the waiting rooms are designed for babies and toddlers, etc. In the US, it seems they see teenagers as old as 16.)

Thats a tough break, physical and I am sorry to hear you have been living with acne. For some teens it is just a passing phase they manage to get through and for others it must be a real living hell. I think back to those kids in school. The opportunity was there for me to hassle them but I never bothered. I just went about my away with an angry look about me that intimidated my peers. I was also on the low end of the self esteem scale it just manifested itself in rebellious anger. We both managed to survive the raging storm of adolescence thanks to decent doctors to encourage us when we needed it and (especially in my case) gave us a dose of serious thunder when it was warranted. My personal experience has lead me to believe there might be a few less troubled kids on our streets if there were a few more pediatricians with training on how to deal with them. "If bein' afraid is a crime we hang side by side, at the swingin' party down the line."

I have never been to a paediatrician AFAIK. I have always gone to a regular family doctor for as long as I can remember.

Well said Turkent. Adolescence was pretty bad for me too. I was fat and younger than the other kids. I was called Piggy. I was beaten up after school. I had no dates in high school. Later at university I did much better. The change was sweet. Now I enjoy going to high school reunions because all those who tortured me peaked out at eighteen.

I was scrawny as a kid. Living In a working class neighborhood I took my share of some schoolyard abuse but when my dad encouraged me to play hockey the other kids started showing me respect. Then I moved to a small town. I decided from day one I was not going to be intimidated anymore. One of the older students decided it would be amusing to dump food on me. I beat him relentlessly with a plastic tray. The end result was a summer in juvenille hall along with a year in an alternative school for troubled kids. I returned to find only one or two friends. Girls and dating? No prom night for this leather jacketed hoodlum. I found myself alone and working at a gas station on the outskirts of town while the other kids were out having fun. On a more positive note the youngster I beat with the tray did actually graduate despite his trip to the emergency room. From what I understood the damage I inflicted somehow cured his stuttering. I never did get a thank you card.

Having lived with conditions myself and those that turkent and liquidsky have also reflected upon has made us stronger individuals as a result. We see others in a different light and often forget that they are more fragile then us. We had to go around the block to survive and they have just remained stagnant in many ways. They become more easily upset when challenged because their existence has always been protected by the mainstream socially acceptable. I have been told I am too blunt and to the point and controlling. Whatever its all about I do know now that I am not as naïve and sheltered as most others I come in contact with. I find that people are intimidated by me. I choose the single life and do quite well.

I think I saw my pediatrician til I was about 19 or 20ish. I had a hard time finding a doctor I liked after that. I went to my moms doctor, and he was a total quack!! I had asthma problems and he knew nothing about what to do. His solution was a cough syrup! UGH! What a moron!

Senior year of high school.

However, I do know that some patients at my pediatricians practice still went to him throughout college.