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hi all At 10:22 1999/02/13 -0500, lynn wrote: >Another perspective: it is extremely stressful to be "accused" of having a >psychiatric disorder. O.K., If the shoe fits, it may be in the patient's >best interest to wear it. But, the larger problem is, psychiatrists can >generally always finds a diagnostic label that fits and can't be fought: >how can the patient prove he/she doesn't have it? Most degenerative >neurological problems are accompanied by symptoms that fall within the >realm of psychiatry: anxiety, memory disorders, depression...It's a >Catch-22. If the neurologist is unable to come up with a diagnosis - and >it often takes years for neurological problems to develop sufficiently to >diagnose - psychiatry can always be moved in with a sure-fire diagnosis >that is difficult to dispute. amen to that! i had gallstones mis-diagnosed as tension and anxiety and was treated with tranquilizers for a year later i was in quarantine for 6 months because i supposed had infectious hepatitis it took five years to get the correct diagnosis i think the lessons for me were: 1. trust my own instincts - i live in my own body 2. medicos are human and just as fallible as me janet janet paterson - 51 now /41 dx /37 onset - almonte/ontario/canada <http://www.newcountry.nu/pd/members/janet/index.htm> [log in to unmask]