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Old Jul 23, 2013, 09:16 PM
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Originally Posted by critterlady View Post
My T, like a lot of others, shies away from formal diagnoses. He uses a general one for me for insurance purposes, but other than that, he doesn't think they're all that helpful. He tends to look more at the individual issues I have. Whether I'm diagnosed with A or B doesn't make much difference in how he treats me and helps me with those issues.
That works if he isn't prescribing medicine, but diagnosis is vital once meds are needed as the wrong meds for the wrong condition can be disastrous.