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Tired of the gaslighting

Autoimmune Diseases | Last Active: Apr 30 10:33pm | Replies (189)

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@inminn

I think in the case of medical patients, it refers to the long history of countering any complaints for which they have little understanding with trying to convince us that our conditions are due to some psychological problem (especially if a female patient), attention seeking, drug seeking, hypochondria, “lifestyle choices”, and so on. Doctors have dismissed as quacks integrative health testing for such things as gut biome imbalance, gluten intolerance, and acupuncture as new age nonsense, only to be proven wrong time and time again and even to eventually have it confirmed by research, and then to embrace and recommend such supposed quack treatments decades later. Western Medicine in general finds it easier to throw pills at patients in order to dull symptoms rather than to take the time and make the effort to investigate the root cause of problems.
Examples are gluten intolerance, yeast and mold sensitivity, leaky gut, endometriosis, chronic fatigue, Lyme disease, fibromyalgia, IBS, bacterial stomach ulcers, hypothyroidism, etc., but remember doctors also originally rejected as preposterous the idea of germs, hand washing, the usefulness of vaccines, and they used to smoke while working in the hospital.
They also (generally) have the grave fault of not seeming to understand statistics. If the majority of patients diagnosed shared certain symptoms it does not mean 100% of them present typically. Trying to convince patients that they are not feeling what they are feeling, or that they don’t know what is unusual for their own bodies is gaslighting.

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Than You inminn,
Put it into prespective,
Having a very hard time finding a GOOD NEUROLOGIST WHO LISTENS, REALLY LISTENS.
I have Small Fiber Neuropathy pretty bad, fell concussion sm. brain bleed on Nov. 22/23, I'm very dizzy, fell left side of face so the bridge of my nose is very swollen, ck. bone, eyebrow, and inside my nostril! Something not right. He will not order another CT Scan! Trying to find another Neurologist, Hackensack, NJ. Calling another tomorrow! Times like this you need family, they are all gone.
Thank for listening.

I keep forgetting to let you know that advocating for yourself and keeping up the fight is the only way to get things done and if you give up then it’s you who loses out, please do not give up on yourself . I have been fighting with my disease for over 40 years and I’m still fighting and alive today because of it. It’s been a very difficult road but it been worth it. Best of luck.

That is my situation. I have FM, so all is blamed on FM.