Posted by Garnet71 on January 28, 2009, at 13:17:05
In reply to Dedicated to those who cannot get better..., posted by Garnet71 on January 28, 2009, at 11:12:30
If anyone cares (hi Phillipa!), I have an idea for Dr. Bob's students.
They should all go to different medical specialists with the exact same symptoms (similar to those of us with treatment resistant or just with untreatable symptoms). Go to endochronogistis, nerologists, psychiatrists, internal medicine, etc.; while they at it, hit the nutritionists and alternative practictioners.
Have a third of the students say they have a familiy history of bipolar, depression, schitzo; another third tell the doctor they have had depression and anxiety in their life but no family history; the other third say they have no personal or family history of mental illness whatsoever.
See what the results are. Better yet, set up a scientific study to see the flaws in our system of medical diagnosis and treatment.
What led me to think of this, among many other things, is a past experience I had. When I had a physical problem, I went to 4 different specialists, 2 of which diganosed me with an "illness" that falls into their speciality, one said it was an allergy; the other one admitted he did not know what the problem was (and he was by far, the best one of the four). I decided to let it go untreated as opposed to taking drugs from specialist who gave me a random diagnosis.
To this day, I don't know what the problem was/is.
BUT - imagine the implications of being treated - not according to your illness - but according to what specialty the doctor is. This is a scary concept.
And I am to trust that a doctor's diagnosis is correct? Even has a 50/50 chance of being correct?
Can anyone else see the implications of this? And so many wonder why people like me question that anyone really knows whats wrong with us/me. The implications are that one is prescribed drug after drug-some with serious side effects - without even knowing the cause of your illness. Scary! Meanwhile, your real illness is ignored and continues to grow!
The problem lies in the system itself.
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