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Originally Posted by Dr. Smith
You make some good points. Sometimes what's in a writer's mind is different than what's in a reader's.
It wasn't my intention to suggest that anyone not persue diagnosis. As I've said in other posts, I'm an advocate of multiple opinions, and have gotten them myself on many occasions when I wasn't satisfied.
I understand the desperation because I've been there too. There comes a point/time, and it's a grey area different for each individual, when the stress of the obsession for answers may become more detrimental (or contributive) than the condition/question. It's not cut-and-dried either; things are in constant flux and worthy of re-evaluation. Nothing can be done about the conditions I mentioned today, but that doesn't mean I'm resigned to roll over and go away. I keep reading, stay in touch with the doctors - we never know what tomorrow will bring, especially in the technological times we're living in now.
Yes, it's a balance; I should have emphasized that more than just making the observation.
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You both bring very impressive points to the table.
A name may help me with acceptance, but mainly I want to exhaust all possibilities before I accept the term idiopathic, as Rose said, if there is indeed a cause, I would like to be able to control that cause and hopefully keep progression to a minimum. I need to reach some point of satisfaction that all avenues have been checked and nothing was missed.
If every possible cause is exhausted, to my satisfaction, I will have no other choice than to accept the term idiopathic.
With that said, I do however appreciate that over obsessing on testing and doctoring can become detrimental at some point, and I believe I am approaching that point, not there yet, but approaching it. I feel myself getting mentally, physically and emotionally exhausted from a year and a half of this. My plan is to give the MS specialist a shot and then pull back a little, unless symptoms get worse.
I am realizing that other parts of my life are starting to suffer from all the energy and time I have spent on this.