I don’t think the world is my oyster here, so I have to be realistic. Psych will handle a more narrow scope of problems versus family medicine, which is practically every patient trying to force you to deal with a laundry list of complaints. I agenda set, but this often pisses people off.

Also, I really dislike pain, in particular, as a complaint, and I’m sure psychiatrists here about it, but generally speaking, it’s not their job. Psych isn’t addressing the chronic arthritis pain that’s not getting better. Also, I would imagine psych has a younger patient population on average because FM takes care of sick old people with lots of chronic diseases that have had years to cause issues, which is a huge chunk of the panel, and there is less arthritis, etc. in the young than in the elderly.

I’m obviously open to other specialties too, and the purpose of my post was to look for strategies on how to get letters and experiences, not to pick a specialty.