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> Make damned sure you trust the person you got them from. Like, "I would trust you to raise my child in the event of my death" levels of trust. Do most people

by tcdent 2y ago

> Make damned sure you trust the person you got them from. Like, "I would trust you to raise my child in the event of my death" levels of trust. Do most people feel this way about formalized medical practitioners today?

lenerdenator 2y ago
In theory they go through a lot of training and regulation to make sure that the goons stay out. It's not 100% effective, but I do trust my PCP more than a guy in Midtown selling PCP.
- pcthrowaway 2y ago
  Well that's the point of DIY medicine, empowering people like yourself to make your own PCP. Of course you trust it more than the PCP from that guy in Midtown.
  - jzemeocala 2y ago
    I'm just waiting for the libertarian drug reform so that I can get my PCP from my PCP
MSFT_Edging 2y ago
If you're a woman in the US, doctors will sooner call your issues anxiety and throw Xanax at you than to try to help you figure out the causes. Sometimes they'll even get mad at you if you don't want to take Xanax and suggest you're mentally unfit.
- silverquiet 2y ago
  I’m not a woman and it wasn’t Xanax, but Ativan was a miracle drug that cured many physical symptoms for me. Doctors follow an algorithm where they look for common stuff first (“when you hear hoof beats…”), and anxiety is very common; I believe more so amongst women.
  - drewbeck 2y ago
    “The algorithm worked for me” isn’t a particularly strong defense of the algorithm.
  - Loughla 2y ago
    My wife is currently dealing with a kidney stone that is filling her entire kidney. Major surgery incoming. She started having them check it a year ago. When advocating for herself, the male doctors either a) seemed to believe she was making it up and attributed it literally to her monthly cycle, or b) suggested it was anxiety. I'm sort of in the camp that doctors absolutely poopoo women's problems.
    - jaggederest 2y ago
      It happens for men, too. Anyone with problems that don't produce obviously incorrect lab values or gross physical symptoms, unless it's in the top 10 or 20 most common illnesses, good luck with that. Even if your lab values are off, but "not enough", getting anyone to do something about them is heroic effort, and when you're already ill, it's a farce.
- knowitnone 2y ago
  so you're saying men don't mistakenly diagnosed with anxiety when it's not?
  - mplewis 2y ago
    No. That’s a whole different sentence.
singleshot_ 2y ago
I do, but I'm married to mine.
knowitnone 2y ago
The alternative is to not visit a doctor of any sort. You might take that further and not visit a mechanic. Medical practitioners are not perfect. I trust they are doing their job and they can get it wrong. Medicine is not easy. People have to advocate for themselves if they don't think the doctor got it right.

by tcdent 2y ago

lenerdenator 2y ago

In theory they go through a lot of training and regulation to make sure that the goons stay out. It's not 100% effective, but I do trust my PCP more than a guy in Midtown selling PCP.

pcthrowaway 2y ago
Well that's the point of DIY medicine, empowering people like yourself to make your own PCP. Of course you trust it more than the PCP from that guy in Midtown.
- jzemeocala 2y ago
  I'm just waiting for the libertarian drug reform so that I can get my PCP from my PCP

MSFT_Edging 2y ago

If you're a woman in the US, doctors will sooner call your issues anxiety and throw Xanax at you than to try to help you figure out the causes. Sometimes they'll even get mad at you if you don't want to take Xanax and suggest you're mentally unfit.

silverquiet 2y ago
I’m not a woman and it wasn’t Xanax, but Ativan was a miracle drug that cured many physical symptoms for me. Doctors follow an algorithm where they look for common stuff first (“when you hear hoof beats…”), and anxiety is very common; I believe more so amongst women.
- drewbeck 2y ago
  “The algorithm worked for me” isn’t a particularly strong defense of the algorithm.
- Loughla 2y ago
  My wife is currently dealing with a kidney stone that is filling her entire kidney. Major surgery incoming. She started having them check it a year ago. When advocating for herself, the male doctors either a) seemed to believe she was making it up and attributed it literally to her monthly cycle, or b) suggested it was anxiety. I'm sort of in the camp that doctors absolutely poopoo women's problems.
  - jaggederest 2y ago
    It happens for men, too. Anyone with problems that don't produce obviously incorrect lab values or gross physical symptoms, unless it's in the top 10 or 20 most common illnesses, good luck with that. Even if your lab values are off, but "not enough", getting anyone to do something about them is heroic effort, and when you're already ill, it's a farce.
knowitnone 2y ago
so you're saying men don't mistakenly diagnosed with anxiety when it's not?
- mplewis 2y ago
  No. That’s a whole different sentence.

singleshot_ 2y ago

I do, but I'm married to mine.

knowitnone 2y ago

The alternative is to not visit a doctor of any sort. You might take that further and not visit a mechanic. Medical practitioners are not perfect. I trust they are doing their job and they can get it wrong. Medicine is not easy. People have to advocate for themselves if they don't think the doctor got it right.