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⌈ Secret Post #3592 ⌋

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Re: Self diagnosed mental issues

[(Anonymous)]

On the self-diagnosis part like all things it can be good or bad.

On one hand a lot of mental illness does lie. I have a friend who's pretty much textbook "I know one of the symptoms of depression can be thinking you don't have it and you just feel bad because you're an awful person. But... but what if I DON'T really have depression and I AM an awful person?"

On the other, when I'm laying awake at night with my brain screaming all the Bad Things that might be happening. "What if your aunt just woke up and decided to get something from her car and someone jumped her and killed her? Meanwhile you're just laying here snug and safe in your bed. What if..." I don't need someone in a labcoat to tell me that ain't normal, and there's no harm in whatever breathing exercises or meditation or whatever to help relax.

Also personal story time. Someone I know has a husband with mental health issues. Years and years ago they went to doctors, the doctors went "He had X, lets try these therapies and these medications." and for YEARS that was the game plan. They moved, new doctors, they looked at the diagnosis and went "Sounds right, lets keep going as things are." and everything continued on. Until the wife read about Y on the internet, frequently misdiagnosed as X, and started researching it. Noted that it fit exactly, including that the medications that were cross prescribed for X and Y had always worked much better than the ones just for X. Brought it up to the new doctor, they reviewed everything and went "Huh! You're totally right. Y fits much better." And now he's on more specific treatment for Y and is doing worlds better than before.

Doctors are just as likely to try and hold onto a diagnosis. I know people who've talked about how frustrating it is once you get diagnosed with an anxiety disorder because lots of doctors will happily ascribe any and all symptoms to it. "My chest hurt and it's hard to breathe" "Anxiety can cause that" "My leg hurts" "Anxiety! It causes all sorts of weird pains." "My skin just turned yellow." "Anxiety's weird, huh?"

So... yeah, basically I feel diagnosis should be a two-way street. Doctors should value patient input, patients should respect doctors' input.