Posted by mair on January 2, 2005, at 11:21:27
In reply to about having a dx or not, posted by terrics on January 2, 2005, at 10:43:36
This is a double edged sword. I know that some people feel they were never adequately treated until they got the right dx, and thus the right meds, even after decades of others never questionning whether the initial dx was correct. I know that prescribing meds is sometimes more art than science, but there's no doubt that there are huge differences in how you treat some dxs as opposed to others.
On the other hand, on the occasions where I've had a pdoc or therapist talk about me in a particularly clinical way, using clinical language, I've hated it. It's almost as if I've been stripped of some measure of my personhood. Given this, I think I'd hate to actually read anyone's notes about me.
And there are some dxs I wouldn't want to get, although I think my feelings about this would depend on whether I was told, at the same time, that this dx could be successfully treated. I don't want to be reduced to a label, and sometimes I think we have trouble getting beyond the labels someone else has given us.
I hope this helps.
mair
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