At what age to switch teenager from pediatrician to regular doc?

Question

At what age to switch teenager from pediatrician to regular doc?

Answer 1

Whenever the teenager becomes uncomfortable going to a pediatrician!  My daughter likes her pediatrician, and is perfectly happy going there at 17.  My son, when he was 15, felt out of place and uncomfortable in the little-kiddy waiting room, and asked to start going to the doctor that my husband and I use.  

Answer 2

I was 14 and way tired of the waiting room with screaming babies and seats that were too small to sit in.

Answer 3

Usually about 18 since 18 is when you are an adult not a child.

Answer 4

My son is 17 and he just this year switched to a regular family practitioner.

Answer 5

Many pediatricians do not see children over the age of 16.  

Some will hang tough until a particular child, one who has health issues turns 18,  

Answer 6

A teenager should really be seeing a family doctor or an internal medicine doctor.

Answer 7

You can choose, but usually it would be at 18 years old.

Answer 8

I loved my DR growing up so much that I didn't switch until i was 18, lol. I say wait as long as possible because pediatricians tend to care more and have less of a patient load then regular DR's so they devote more to you