Originally Posted by Adalaide

Quite interesting. I was actually struck by the fact that near the end he said that patients may be labeled as crazy or misdiagnosed with somatization. (Which is essentially in my case meant he thought I was so crazy I was causing my symptoms.) I didn't even know anything was up, other than that he thought I should see a shrink (I refused) until I got my medical records and saw it. That was last summer, I'd still like to throttle that jerkwad.

More doctors should read articles like this so they can better understand their patients. Maybe it could help to get people with real issues diagnosed with real things rather than being bumped around the system like crazy people or drug seekers.