"Just because I'm on psychiatric medications doesn't mean you can assume I'm depressed, and that all my issues are because of that. In fact, I'm not depressed at all. I'm on psych meds for mania, OCD, and ADHD, NOT for depression!"
"Just because I'm a med student doesn't mean I'm stressed out. Not everything is because of stress, okay? In fact, I've never been less stressed in my life. I was stressed BEFORE med school -- because I was worried that I wouldn't get in. Now that I'm in med school, all that stress is gone!"
"Just because I come to you with problems and research my health doesn't mean I'm a hypochondriac or have 'medical students' disease'. There is a reason I am on top of my health -- a lot of rare medical **** runs in my family. There has been a lot of illness in my family that was blown off and misdiagnosed. I had gallstones and pancreatitis for years and noone took me seriously. My brother has a rare brain tumor and he almost died because of a very rare reaction to general anesthetic. My brother, dad, and I have a very rare heart condition."
"Just because something is RARE doesn't mean it CAN'T HAPPEN. You still need to test for it and rule it out!! Plenty of rare **** has happened to my family, okay?! So don't just say 'oh, I'm sure it's not that, it's too rare to happen to you.' NOTHING IS TOO RARE TO HAPPEN TO ME."
Yeah......I HATE DOCTORS. ARGGHHHH.
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age: 23
dx: bipolar I, ADHD-C, tourette's syndrome, OCD, trichotillomania, GAD, Social Phobia, BPD, RLS
current meds: depakote (divalproex sodium) 1000mg, abilify (aripiprazole) 4mg, cymbalta (duloxetine) 60mg, dexedrine (dexamphetamine) 35mg, ativan (lorazepam) 1mg prn, iron supplements
past meds: ritalin, adderall, risperdal, geodon, paxil, celexa, zoloft
other: individual talk therapy, CBT, group therapy, couple's therapy, hypnosis
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