As myy trip down medicine lane for mismanaged and misdiagnosed lifelong conditions it's about damn time. Enough with extreme amplifiction of pharmaceuticals and over-medicating to which I wobbly stand as a reminder iatrogenic disease is no fucking joke. aeon.co/ideas/how-gentle-med…

Jul 17, 2020 · 1:51 PM UTC

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Replying to @mholzschlag
It took from 1996 when I first started showing Parkinson’s symptoms until July 5, 2013 to diagnosed me with Parkinson’s. Prior to that I was misdiagnosed six times. My first experience was with my PCP who said my tremor was just nerves and not to worry about it.
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You and I are Veterans of a terrible and different kind of warfare. I've had to take Klonipin for tremors and absence seizures and it is the ONLY pharmaceutical I take regularly for any reason. I have ridiculously high tolerance for sedative medications, but most do not. :(
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My Wife taught me to always be "Proactive" when it comes to your healthcare; take part in all your treatments and decisions.
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She taught you a valuable lesson. Most docs HATE informed patients. But it has kept me alive because while we want all life to matter, USA health care is evidence (among many other examples) proving it does not.
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