100% total agreement. (Here fo\rom metafandom - I scout out the disability posts.)
Eating well helps, but it doesn't cure.
Exercise is a great thing. Hen you can do it.
Antidepressants... there is nothing worse than hearing a doctor say, "Oh, sure there's dry mouth and a little weight gain and somnolence, but if they REALLY want to get better, they'll put up with that..."
I'm doing everything my new pain specialist tells me to do - not even because I think she's right (which I do) but because she is the first doctor I have EVER been able to sit down with and tell my history and symptoms and undergo an examination without me crying a single bit.
House has me half in tears just when I channel surf past him on TV . I would not survive an RL consultation with him.
All these people tell me, "You should watch House, he's a realistic portrayal blah blah blah..." Yeah, he's realistic all right. A realistic portrayal of an asshole, and that may be amusing to people who've never had a doctor say, "Well, we don't know what it is, but you do realize you're never going to be 'normal', don't you?" but it's not amusing to me. He's got a cane. Whoop-de-doo. I've got a half dozen canes.
Sorry. Enough ranting. You make very good points. Thank you.
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Date: 2009-10-08 03:32 pm (UTC)Eating well helps, but it doesn't cure.
Exercise is a great thing. Hen you can do it.
Antidepressants... there is nothing worse than hearing a doctor say, "Oh, sure there's dry mouth and a little weight gain and somnolence, but if they REALLY want to get better, they'll put up with that..."
I'm doing everything my new pain specialist tells me to do - not even because I think she's right (which I do) but because she is the first doctor I have EVER been able to sit down with and tell my history and symptoms and undergo an examination without me crying a single bit.
House has me half in tears just when I channel surf past him on TV . I would not survive an RL consultation with him.
All these people tell me, "You should watch House, he's a realistic portrayal blah blah blah..." Yeah, he's realistic all right. A realistic portrayal of an asshole, and that may be amusing to people who've never had a doctor say, "Well, we don't know what it is, but you do realize you're never going to be 'normal', don't you?" but it's not amusing to me. He's got a cane. Whoop-de-doo. I've got a half dozen canes.
Sorry. Enough ranting. You make very good points. Thank you.