After years of frustration, I put my training as a special ed teacher to use. When I go in to the doctor, I have a printed agenda of briefly stated issues AND GIVE IT TO HIM. I have found much better response this way. Many people who do well academically are, oddly enough, actually among the learning disabled, and take in info better by reading than hearing, my doc is obviously among them. This man is very competant, so I don't want to drive 70 miles to someone else.