Posted by srd1074 on November 4, 2003, at 13:00:05
In reply to Re: Wow, some of the things I read here scare me., posted by KellyD on November 4, 2003, at 11:39:53
I don't think everyone here does. Only some of the things that I read here scare me. There is a reason why I was attracted to this message board. Some of it is in complete shock, some of it is to compare what I research to the lives of others. I do read that people here are taking care of themselves. However, I wanted to put this posting up to talk about those who don't in hopes that maybe it will affect even one person who doesn't.
My motivations for going into medicine are my own experiences with some of my doctors' lack of education, my health insurance company telling them how to treat me, my peers and families all trying to tell me I was depressed when I knew deep down I was not, and all the crap that I had to go through to finally find out that because I knew my body better than anyone else, I had been right the whole time. I have also found that I LOVE research and science - especially neurology and genetics.
If I had listened to any ONE person or resource, I would have never found out my actual problem, and I would be on about 10 different medications to treat all the symptoms. I was aggressive in my refusal to treat symptoms without knowing the underlying cause. For example, even being iron deficient should be considered before treating it. Why is it there? Anemia is not a disease, it is a symptom. Its kind of like AIDS. AIDS is not a disease, it is a symptom of HIV. HIV is the disease. You can have the same symptoms of AIDS and not have HIV. I hope to encourage people to look for deeper causes. Even look to the factors that may have caused real diseases. For example, bipolar disorder does not usually start in childhood (though I acknowledge it sometimes does). It is a theory that people who are bipolar have a genetic predisposition to the disorder that is brought on under certain environmental conditions. Stress and anxiety seem to play a big part since they affect cortisol levels.
This is the intention of starting this posting. I chose the heading I did to gain attention so that I would have a great response. I wanted to get people thinking about this issue that may or may not be a reason for it. My hopes is that it would make a difference.
S.
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