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>A breakthrough occurred when I slipped the doctor a piece of paper containing the URL to this website. This gave him a really good idea of who I actually was,
by TrevorJ 11y ago
>A breakthrough occurred when I slipped the doctor a piece of paper containing the URL to this website. This gave him a really good idea of who I actually was, and was a very useful tool in helping him diagnose me.
Is it expecting too much of our health care professionals to assume that they should be I don't know, spending five minutes on google looking for this information themselves? What about interviewing family and friends? How do you expect to treat a mental health patient without a baseline in the first place? This tidbit did not instill any confidence in me whatsoever.
- kenneth_reitz 11y agoTrust me, where I live, less that 0.1% of the population has any form of web presence, other than a Facebook profile. I live in a rural town in the country of Virginia. Lots of confederate flags and rednecks around these parts :) The doctor did spent much time on the phone with my parents, however, and was well aware of their claims. Having tangible proof of the things I've normally been able to accomplish, however, takes that to a whole other level.
- zzleeper 11y agoI dunno why but I always had the idea you lived either on SFO or Seattle. Well at least you can ski a lot as you're probably close to WV! On a more related note, thanks a lot for your great posts, and for the simplicity and clarity of your code :)
- TrevorJ 11y agoThank you for the reply, and thank you for being willing to share your experience as well.