After receiving a letter telling me that in a test I'd completed that I'd scored clinically significantly for 5 different personality disorders, I then not only read the wiki-pages but also downloaded and read every single page of the DSM-IV as the tedt had been based on DSM-III and DSM-v was still being worked on.

Basically after reading over 900 pages I suddenly became more clued up than the professionals I was dealing with. After getting referred to a psychiatrist I also found myself knowing why she was asking the questions she was, and being able to dismiss it as non-applicable.

I also once made somebody who was evaluating me in his own words feel quite uncomfortable - he did also comment that it interested him as to why, but alas due to budget cuts I got bounced despite him wanting to work one-on-one with me.

I know I need to allow myself to be the patient rather than turniing the tables and attempting to control things...

Ultimately when does getting a working knowledge of what is wrong with you become counter productive and too much knowledge?

Phreak