Posted by IsoM on June 4, 2002, at 1:01:34
In reply to What's the deal with so many people thinking..., posted by judy1 on June 3, 2002, at 23:47:34
Judy, I think it's this desperate search we have to put a label on all these myriad of symptoms we have without knowing what exactly it is.
It seems if we can give something a name, people think it'll make it more treatable. The trouble is, I believe, that not everything can be named. Whatever we have can be a combination of environment, childhood conditions, & heredity producing a varied list of problems & symptoms. Sometimes, we do have a recognisable disorder, but often I think it's more a reaction to all the things that have happened to us chemically (physically) & emotionally.
It also seems that many people who have ADD symptoms can confuse it with bipolar II when it's not so clear-cut. While I have fibromyalgia symptoms, I'm not truly convinced that's what I have. And my ADD & narcolepsy fits the criteria so closely, yet I'm not fully convinced about me having those either. All I know is that what troubles me comes very close to those categories. It's reassuring to many to actually put a name to their problems. It makes it seem real to them & helps them feel that they're simply not hypochondriacs when someone asks them what's the matter. The symptoms are real - whether the diagnosis is, is another matter.
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