I assume that any doctor who is unexpectedly nice to me is just good at acting, if I have already been scowled at by receptionists and/or...
I usually reject the idea of going to A&E if the problem I have is invisible, and I just keep my fingers crossed that it won't turn out that I...
Has Alan Carson ever been known to complain about groups discussing FND, ME, or Long Covid which were 100% psychiatric/psychological/mental health...
So, is that implying that patients with dementia in one of its many forms [Edit: for example] actually have "Functional Cognitive Disorder" and...
Yes, but I think from the BPS point of view, patients are lying about their fatigue health because they are lazy, drug-seeking, attention-seeking...
It seems likely to me that the best treatment for Long Covid is not to get Covid at all or to treat Covid when people have it. I won't go into...
At least this man can be sure about whether he is getting the best possible treatment available. The average person on the street can't say that...
And nothing will improve in medicine for chronic conditions either. More and more of the chronic stuff is treated as psychosomatic now because...
An Editorial. Published in : The American Journal of Psychiatry Title : Issues for DSM-5: Conversion Disorder Published Online:1 Jun 2010...
One thing I've always wondered about is why the number of places for students at medical schools is so restricted in the UK, and as far as I can...
I used to be very depressed (with good reason). Every physical ailment I saw doctors about was blamed on my depression, unless what I was...
Where does the stigma come from? Isn't it usually coming from the medical professionals who can't diagnose the patients' problems and therefore...
Your link sounds interesting but is only available to subscribers. There may be ways around this but my usual solutions for this aren't working.
Are they suggesting that knowing the source of one's pain decreases that pain? But not knowing the source increases it? I'm not convinced. I...
I've been diagnosed with dysfunctional breathing - this was at least 15 years ago. I was hyperventilating and didn't know how to overcome it. I...
How many antivirals are there in existence and use at the moment? They certainly don't seem to be commonly used in the UK. I've never been...
Is it possible that patients are being pushed out and ignored?
This might be of interest. A Tangled Threesome: Circadian Rhythm, Body Temperature Variations, and the Immune System There are lots more papers...
I'm not going to say anything about your condition itself, but if you could get a friend, family member, or carer to look for possible answers...
One of my cousins suffered a blood clot in the heart that killed her after receiving the AZ vaccine. I don't know her age at death exactly but I'd...
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