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There's a story from Oliver Sacks (Maybe in TMWMHWFAH [1]) where a patient wakes up after a head trauma or stroke and screams at his leg - "Get rid of it! Cut i
by nonrandomstring 4y ago
There's a story from Oliver Sacks (Maybe in TMWMHWFAH [1]) where a
patient wakes up after a head trauma or stroke and screams at his leg
- "Get rid of it! Cut it off". IIRC, the dysphoria was acute or
somehow treated, so that might suggest there's a good prognosis with
neurological intervention.
[1] "The Man Who Mistook Hos Wife For A Hat"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Mistook_His_Wife_for_a_Hat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Mistook_His_Wife_f...
- throwaway4bid 4y agoThat actually wasn't BID, it was another condition called somatoparaphrenia. They might be linked, but no treatment short of surgery for BID has ever demonstrated efficacy.