Posted by Wendy B on April 4, 2001, at 11:37:07
In reply to Re: Help, my therapist is out of town, posted by ChrisK on April 4, 2001, at 5:34:17
> I said something similar in a thread above somewhere but I don't understand why people get so concerned when their dx is addressed or changed. All I want to do is take care of the symptoms - call the disease whatever you want to. I've never asked my pdoc what my dx is and really don't care becuase it is just trying to shove symptoms together in one category. I suppose you need a specific dx for insurance reasons but when it comes to my treatment I want to address the symptoms.
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> Do yourself a favor and concentrate on the symptoms rather than the dx.Chris:
All very sensible advice for someone who might not be freaking out the way I have been for the past few days. (I know it is nothing like what other people who participate on this board might have gone through in their horrible times, cutting, suicidal thoughts/attempts). But it's all too real for me right now.I see diagnoses as pigeon-hole too, and intellectually I understand: treat the symptoms. So why is this affecting me so much? Just a rhetorical question, I'm not expecting you to answer that...
Thanks for your note, too,
Wendy B
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