I agree; your own research, your own experience, and the docs opinion are equally important.
Any medical ‘professional’ that dismisses me, my knowledge, my research, or my credibility as a person, I get up, tell them I’m not paying for insults, and that they are not meeting their service delivery standards as set out by their insurer, their association memberships, and their industry board. Then I toss my research on their desk for them to review and learn from. Then I walk out and find someone else. I also have some experience in reviewing research information and assessing quality of research findings, so I do have an advantage here, however if any person brings some information they’ve found to a medic, they have a responsibility to review it diligently, and support the patient in decision making around its relevance to their situation and how they may or may not be able to help in light of the evidence presented. Anything less and them and their qualification are merely office decoration 😉