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Amen to that !!!! I think in a couple of lines you just summed it up. Thanks Jennifer janet paterson wrote: > 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]