My new psychiatrist in OCD clinic wrote a [smallish] article/paper in a journal about, basically, the prevalence of cases where individuals with a history of mental health diagnoses have their other health care and diagnoses affected because of the mental health diagnoses. That is, providers who should be following certain procedures or looking for specific criteria often stigmatize individuals and so their physical health suffers- the case presented was an individual with HERNIATED DISCS who also had a chronic mental health dx.
But- no joke- she went to the ER numerous times and her GP and a rheumatologist and... whoever else somehow overlooked the issue that eventually needed urgent surgical intervention. Often the pain and discomfort which went from just her legs to the whole of her legs, her back and her arms was attributed to one of her medications [what?] somatization, or "I DUNNO CRAZY" I guess. Despite that at one of the ER visits it was reported that she was in a freaking wheelchair and it was too painful for her to move from wheelchair to gurney.
It's not in my head guys. [Ha]
...at least this guy doesn't think so. I think.
I don't want to think too well of the situation, really.
I actually almost expect at this point to discover that most doctors are giving me the impression they are being sympathetic and then later find out they are actually just writing "COMPLETELY BATSH-" over and over for the majority of my notes. I can't tell the difference on the outset and I feel like it handicaps me [if you are reading this, you are likely to understand this feeling] and that SUCKS.
[ok not really, but I've found surprises which produce similar effect before. awesome]
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I'm gonna go back to sleep now though. For about a week.
But- no joke- she went to the ER numerous times and her GP and a rheumatologist and... whoever else somehow overlooked the issue that eventually needed urgent surgical intervention. Often the pain and discomfort which went from just her legs to the whole of her legs, her back and her arms was attributed to one of her medications [what?] somatization, or "I DUNNO CRAZY" I guess. Despite that at one of the ER visits it was reported that she was in a freaking wheelchair and it was too painful for her to move from wheelchair to gurney.
It's not in my head guys. [Ha]
...at least this guy doesn't think so. I think.
I don't want to think too well of the situation, really.
I actually almost expect at this point to discover that most doctors are giving me the impression they are being sympathetic and then later find out they are actually just writing "COMPLETELY BATSH-" over and over for the majority of my notes. I can't tell the difference on the outset and I feel like it handicaps me [if you are reading this, you are likely to understand this feeling] and that SUCKS.
[ok not really, but I've found surprises which produce similar effect before. awesome]
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I'm gonna go back to sleep now though. For about a week.