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I was a hypochondriac for decades. I was eventually cured after decades of cropping hypochondria through self-diagnosis of the actual medical condition I had t
by faeriechangling 4y ago
I was a hypochondriac for decades. I was eventually cured after decades of cropping hypochondria through self-diagnosis of the actual medical condition I had that became formal diagnosis eventually resulting in treatment through some modest lifestyle changes.
I'm a BIG supporter of using things like ChatGPT, google, and sci-hub to do your own medical research because the whole system where some physician diagnoses you based on an extremely limited amount of data collected in a haphazard manner after a few minutes of observation because he's experienced and smart or whatever is incredibly dumb. The way people hold it up as the ethical standard which we cannot deviate from because it would be too dangerous is utterly baffling to me. The status quo totally lacks ethics and mostly serves to line the pockets of a cartel of doctors with a monopoly on access to medication and treatment who often condescendingly think patients are simply too irrational to treat themselves without their help.
I legitimately cannot wait for this field to mature and medical self-help with AI assistance becomes the norm.
- throwaway049 4y agoI agree with studying the field to help you understand your own health, but I prefer sci hub or any peer reviewed source over an LLM. I'll revise this view as LLMs develop, but right now I'm seeing plausible bs as often as I see good advice.
- crx07 4y agoFellow hypochondriac here. I was at the point where doctors, hospital staff, and lab techs would immediately warn new practitioners about me so they wouldn't waste finite medical resources in a small town, and I just completely discontinued normal activities out of terror as a result. When I finally blacked out and fractured my spine, first responders detected a lifelong cardiac arrhythmia in the back of an ambulance. Only with that knowledge have I been able to receive treatment and begin to heal emotionally from the gaslighting and medical abuse I experienced while in the care of licensed professionals. AI-assisted medicine will prevent so many of these mistakes in the future. It can't come soon enough as far as I'm concerned.
- DangitBobby 4y agoWow, the doctors that tried to block you out completely within their network of friends must have balls of steel, what with zero fear of legal repercussions!
- crx07 4y agoIt was more a matter of how misinformation malignantly spreads I believe. I had to see the only available PCP to see anyone else. This automatically prompted medical releases that, even if unethical, would have still made everything technically legal. If it was an emergency room trip, there were always the same two or three physicians there, so they all became aware of me from the first couple of episodes and could warn any specialist they referred me to see. Same deal with laboratories and radiological facilities. When you've got only one or two options in town, they have your consent to release PHI by default if you ever want the results interpreted, and their interpreting physician can just accompany the report with a courtesy call to the receiving provider about a suspected diagnosis.
- lukehollis 4y agoI was the same way with this while I travel--it's definitely the future. I'm working on AI healthcare assistant where you can summarize a conversation with our plugin on ChatGPT or bot on WhatsApp and then send it to a real doctor to continue the conversation. I hope that more founders build and innovate in the field to provide efficiencies throughout the whole system to lower costs and provide high quality care for everyone that needs it. Some insurance providers need a primary care physician for referral, but some do not, so one area we're doing research is if we can do referrals through doctor follow-up/verfication from summary of chat.