• FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 months ago

    Yeah. Stop pretending the healthcare system has the resources to deal with unknown diseases.

    If they can’t find a diagnosis, you’ll get told that you’re probably anxious or depressed, or malingering, and get told to exercise and eat healthy. This is what I was told when I was literally bedridden for a year by an undiagnosed neurological disease.

    It’s a pretty horrible position to be in. My disease which is relatively common but not taught in most med schools took me three years and 23 doctors before I got diagnosed, even though diagnosis is based on fairly simple clinical observations.