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It's encouraged me towards getting diagnosed for my probable ADHD. Now I'm mentioning this to people I know and they're all giving me: > you're undiagnosed? I

It's encouraged me towards getting diagnosed for my probable ADHD. Now I'm mentioning this to people I know and they're all giving me: > you're undiagnosed? I thought it was obvious. guess I was the last to clock it. It was people that made me think of it first: a hookup that was adament I had it and then a therapist that mentioned in our first session. I started the diagnosis like over a year ago and completely forgot about it. Its only been asking gipity about some symptoms I have and seeing it throw up ADHD a lot as a possibility, that encouraged me to go back to sorting out the diagnosis.

galleywest200 9mo ago
Prodding you to seek help from a doctor is different than what the OP was saying > Doctors won't be replaced, but if we could move them up the stack of health to actually doing the work of saving lives rather than just looking at rising cholesterol numbers and writing scripts I presume your AI assistant did not prescribe medication to you.
- Quarrelsome 9mo ago
  sure but this is part of preventative care. I'm one of those people who are happier to shrug off symptoms than go through the effort of seeking medical diagnosis and I doubt I'm alone in this.
ceejayoz 9mo ago
I don’t doubt it can be helpful. We don’t have enough info to determine whether such anecdotes translate to widespread benefit or surprising consequences.
- Quarrelsome 9mo ago
  I'm just suggesting it has a positive impact in preventative care by giving people an outlet to discuss their symptoms and consider possibilities. Obviously the trade off might be more hypochrondriacs but its good for people who are the opposite.
  - ceejayoz 9mo ago
    Yes. The question now becomes one of cost/benefit analysis between the two. Which is tough, and may take decades.
- dapperdrake 9mo ago
  Because the floor is invisible. Raising it will make a difference for many crazy values of "raising".

galleywest200 9mo ago

Prodding you to seek help from a doctor is different than what the OP was saying > Doctors won't be replaced, but if we could move them up the stack of health to actually doing the work of saving lives rather than just looking at rising cholesterol numbers and writing scripts I presume your AI assistant did not prescribe medication to you.

Quarrelsome 9mo ago
sure but this is part of preventative care. I'm one of those people who are happier to shrug off symptoms than go through the effort of seeking medical diagnosis and I doubt I'm alone in this.

ceejayoz 9mo ago

I don’t doubt it can be helpful. We don’t have enough info to determine whether such anecdotes translate to widespread benefit or surprising consequences.

Quarrelsome 9mo ago
I'm just suggesting it has a positive impact in preventative care by giving people an outlet to discuss their symptoms and consider possibilities. Obviously the trade off might be more hypochrondriacs but its good for people who are the opposite.
- ceejayoz 9mo ago
  Yes. The question now becomes one of cost/benefit analysis between the two. Which is tough, and may take decades.
dapperdrake 9mo ago
Because the floor is invisible. Raising it will make a difference for many crazy values of "raising".