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Originally Posted by shortandcute
I don't think you understood my ????? What I'm saying is that doctors don't go by what someone diagnosis themselves with. Like if I go in and say, "I decided I have bipolar" they're not gonna turn around and just hand over the meds without someone kind of examination. I understand that docs dont always get the dx right, but they don't just take someone at their word if they just walk in and say, "I have such and such illness."
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some doctors do trust that their clients are the best at knowing their own bodies and trust them to report the symptoms to them and then diagnose hem according to what symptoms the client says they have. doctors do this all the time....
to the doctor I am coughing, sneezing, and cant breath out of my nose....
doctor to patient...yea sounds like you have a cold take two tylenol every 4 hours, and some cough syrup too if needed
doctor I cant stop crying, I feel sad all the time, Im not interested in things I used to do.....
doctor to patient...yea sounds like you have depression lets try this meds.
doctor it seems like I have extreme highs where Im very happy then out of no where I crash and am so down I want to die then a bit later things go back up hill...
doctor to patient yea sounds like you might have bipolar disorder lets try this meds and see what happens.
here in NY we have many small towns where the doctors, psychiatrists therapists have known their patients for years so they have built up trust in their clients to tell them what their problems/ symptoms are.
this person I am posting about was still getting a period so she could not tell the doctor that she had missed periods. all she had to go on was what she found by using her phones internet and her treatment providers went on what she was able to tell them about what her symptoms were. just like any other doctor listens to their patents complaints/ symptoms and then treats the symptoms.
you may not agree by how treatment providers here in NY work and thats ok. this is how its done here.