There seems to be such conflict between giving an early diagnosis and doing the 'watching and waiting' thing to see what develops. It really seems to be random who gets the diagnosis and who has to wait. This might be why people neuro-shop because we hear stories of people waiting a loooong time without any diagnosis whereas others with seemingly identical circumstances get one right away. Just different doctors, that's the only difference.

Here is the full BMJ article that Cherie's article stems from.

http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/conte...urcetype=HWCIT