self diagnosis.

Karl Stein

ruthloss wrote: »

Karl....Fixed your face for you did she?;)

Sarah Connor?

Nah, snapped Achilles tendon diagnosed as a pulled muscle even after I told him I heard a snapping sound as did others near me when playing kickkety ball.

My partner at the time did a bit of research and found this, carried out the test and off I went for surgery.

gugleguy

Facebook is the best self diagnosis tool. If you're on facebook. Look at your wall.

Degringola

As someone who only very rarely ever got a headache, I started getting blinding ones. Wouldn't last for ages but between them I had a permanent dull one. After extensive research, I could come to no other conclusion but that it was a brain tumour.
Finally worked up the courage to go to doctor and told her I had a brain tumour. 2 minutes later she diagnosed me with blocked sinuses. Never get headaches now.

mezuzaj

FullblownRose wrote: »

I know of people who diagnosed themselves with disorders and others who diagnosed their child with disorders.

Any1 else know of people who have done this and what do you think?

Yes and there are many many many others who have died from stupidity.

Lets all follow Steve Jobs path.. See where it gets us.


GO TO A DOCTOR...

Splendour

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

I diagnosed myself with a blocked hydrocephalus shunt as the cause of my excruciating headaches from 2005-2007. I did this only after extensive research, while pretty much the entire medical community told me it was stress, diet, exercise, migraine, muscular, allergies, you name it but it absolutely 100% definitely had nothing to do with my shunt.

Lost consciousness around Christmas 2007 and was finally brought in for a CT scan, lo and behold the feckin' thing was blocked and thus my brain was being crushed by water pressure. For almost two feckin' years.

Since then I have had literally no time for the "see a doctor" sentiment any time medical questions come up. I figured out what was wrong with me beyond reasonable doubt within about five months and I suffered horribly (many days I couldn't even get out of bed because of the blinding headache) because the medical community was too f*clong arrogant to consider the possibility that they might have been wrong.

Been self diagnosing and self treating most problems as a result for years, and it's seved me amazingly well.

This is why a lot of people self diagnose-they have no choice when Dr.s haven't a clue what's going on. I find Doctors great if you've got a 'run of the mill' problem but if your symptoms are outside of that they really don't pursue a diagnoses. Hence I think there are so many people diagnosed with M.E./chronic fatigue etc. It's basically a label they use when the don't know what's wrong. I know chronic fatigue is real because I've suffered with it for over 10 years but I also know there has to be a reason for it. I believe chronic fatigue is a symptom not a diagnoses.

BTW, well done hatrickpatrick, good for you getting yourself well. Takes a lot to do this when energy levels are low and the medical community aren't with you!

corner of hells

I'm available to do amateur surgery if any one is self diagnosing this morning.I'm an electrician by trade , do a bit of fishing as a hobby and have a ready supply of brandy , sure what could go wrong.

CathyMoran

A family friend had died from a particular illness and I always followed a charity that promoted awareness of the symptoms. A few years later I experienced the same symptoms, went to my local GP who dismissed me, went to A&E who also dismissed me...finally I got an appointment with a wonderful gastroenterologist who finally tested me for oesophageal cancer. That was 2006 when I was 32 and I did have it. Am lucky to be still here:)

FullblownRose

Diagnosing other people with disrders is another one :0 If anyone has seen Calvary, the butcher (Can't remember his name despite him being one of the main characters) said of his wife who was having affairs and a bit of an odd person ''I think she's bi-polar..or coeliac, one of them anyway''

And oddly enough he was quite manic at times himself.

gugleguy

FullblownRose wrote: »

Diagnosing other people with disrders.... .

Quite Symptomatic actually of some personality defecit in people who talk about others in that way. And they don't confine it about a single individual.

osarusan

My hand is bigger than my face, so I've got cancer.

Turtwig

Splendour wrote: »

This is why a lot of people self diagnose-they have no choice when Dr.s haven't a clue what's going on. I find Doctors great if you've got a 'run of the mill' problem but if your symptoms are outside of that they really don't pursue a diagnoses. Hence I think there are so many people diagnosed with M.E./chronic fatigue etc. It's basically a label they use when the don't know what's wrong. I know chronic fatigue is real because I've suffered with it for over 10 years but I also know there has to be a reason for it. I believe chronic fatigue is a symptom not a diagnoses.

BTW, well done hatrickpatrick, good for you getting yourself well. Takes a lot to do this when energy levels are low and the medical community aren't with you!

I wouldn't stain the entire medical community. Many are very thorough. Others though seem conditioned to assume if they can't fit down a diagnosis there's no serious illness. Like mechanics they come in all varieties. The most ignorant of which are those who never listen.

kissmequick

mariaalice wrote: »

Some times it is a coping mechanism, if someone does no want to a acknowledge to themselves that have depression or some other mental health issue( although deep down they have some insight in to themselves ).... So they diagnose themselves with some thing that straddles the medical/psychiatric, conditions such as fibromyalgia or adrenal fatigue, its important that its something medical but cant really be pined down, it fulfils a need.

I don't agree with this at all. There's a GAZILLION ILLNESSES, yes Illnesses that's what they boil down to, out there with masked symptoms that REALLY TRULY are something medical and REQUIRE "pinning-down" as you put it but unfortunately it's not possible. Who are you anyways?? You'd seriously want to be a well-established Medic / Journo with 30 years of experience to yer name to be coming up with that trype!! Shure ANYONE in the world can be chronically tired, there is no "need-fulfilling" involved here in any way whatsoever! They. Can. And. Will.