Don’t eat broccoli! Eat Brazil nuts! Don’t lift weights! Synthetic hormones are evil! Take iodine! Don’t take iodine!
I know shopping for a GP can suck and for many it is a difficult process but just because one medical professional isn’t great doesn’t mean
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they all are. I found a GP here in Dublin that actually listens to me and is interested in making sure I am reassured about my health.
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It just really bugs me when I see someone post on a forum, oh I’m doing this. And they get someone saying “DON’T DO THAT, GO NATURAL.”
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Or whatever. I mean yeah there are bad doctors out there. The solution is not and should not be a rando online.
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I say this as someone with health anxiety who googles symptoms (and shouldn’t).
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I think you can research symptoms but take that to a doctor, don’t diagnose yourself with a million things (like I’ve done) b/c someone...
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...somewhere had an illness with a symptom that you have and then that means you have it. As someone who has done this, don’t.
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Health anxiety is the worst and I hate it and I know it’s hard to get over. But the internet does little to help it, it seems.
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