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The most popular medical conditions that too many people believe they have

Posted on 3/5/17 at 8:05 am
Posted by Moustache
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Posted on 3/5/17 at 8:05 am
Part of this can be blamed on white, suburban fricktards who just feel "tired" or some other normal condition, but a lot of this can be blamed on the medical industry for advertising and making it seem like everyone needs treatment for this and that:

1. Low T: We sure do have a lot of low T people out there. I wonder how this will affect a lot of men long term. There's actually some argument that if low T isn't causing symptoms, then there probably isn't a reason to treat it.

2. Anxiety: Anxiety is a very real and debilitating disorder. Unfortunately, every suburban mom with the "can I talk to your manager haircut" and their kid claims to have anxiety because they want to feel numb and not feel the normal, everyday feelings of nervousness in appropriate situations. Or, they get a dog apparently.

3. Sleep Apnea: This is a real condition too, but I have to wonder if it is often way over-diagnosed. There aren't many people who get tested in a sleep study and get told they're normal. It seems like errybody has a CPAP nowadays. I'm willing to concede this may be legitimate as we do have a lot of fatties running around now.

4. ADHD: Nothing earth shattering here. I'm still not convinced it's a real thing. It's funny how more kids in suburban america are diagnosed than anywhere else- including the affluent areas of Europe. Plus, there are shittons of conditions (depression, lack of sleep, just a kid being dumb, a bratty kid, or vision/hearing problems) that can cause symptoms and cause a misdiagnosis.

5. Depression: This is a very real disease, but again Americans are over-medicated and want to feel numb, so they're misdiagnosed here too. Way too many people on anti-depressants these days who don't need to be.

6. Fibromyalgia- Bull.shite.

7. Gluten allergy- Bull.shite (except for an EXTREMELY small %) If you feel "bloated" it's because you're eating like shite or you're fat or you have something else wrong (gallbladder, etc.). It isn't some gluten boogey man.
This post was edited on 3/5/17 at 8:29 am
Posted by MSTiger33
Member since Oct 2007
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Posted on 3/5/17 at 8:06 am to
fibromyalgia
Posted by udtiger
Over your left shoulder
Member since Nov 2006
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Posted on 3/5/17 at 8:06 am to
Gluten sensitivity laughs at your list.
Posted by el Gaucho
He/They
Member since Dec 2010
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Posted on 3/5/17 at 8:06 am to
Fibromyalgia is a real disease quit victim blaming!
Posted by The Torch
DFW The Dub
Member since Aug 2014
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Posted on 3/5/17 at 8:07 am to
quote:

1. Low T:


My Dr told me this was total BS

A little exercise can cure most of these
Posted by Armymann50
Playing with my
Member since Sep 2011
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Posted on 3/5/17 at 8:07 am to
I have all 8.
This post was edited on 3/5/17 at 8:18 am
Posted by ksayetiger
Centenary Gents
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Posted on 3/5/17 at 8:08 am to
I read a lot of "I think" in your post.

Are you an MD or a facebook reader?
This post was edited on 3/5/17 at 8:09 am
Posted by tgrbaitn08
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 3/5/17 at 8:08 am to
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fibromyalgia


Whiny white woman syndrome
Posted by stout
Smoking Crack with Hunter Biden
Member since Sep 2006
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Posted on 3/5/17 at 8:08 am to
I love the people even here on TD.com that say "I can't function unless things are clean because I am so OCD"

No. You're just not a slob. Congrats! There is a lot more to being OCD than not liking being surrounded by filth and/or liking things organized.
Posted by udtiger
Over your left shoulder
Member since Nov 2006
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Posted on 3/5/17 at 8:09 am to
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Fibromyalgia


What a hype.

Well over 80% of all sufferers are immediately pre- or postmenopausal women (and the vast majority of them are white).
Posted by Eightballjacket
Member since Jan 2016
7311 posts
Posted on 3/5/17 at 8:09 am to
Chronic fatigue syndrome.

Flea-bite-us. That's how some patients think it is spelled and what it means.
Posted by Restomod
Member since Mar 2012
13493 posts
Posted on 3/5/17 at 8:10 am to
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Fibromyalgia is a real disease quit victim blaming!


Sure it is...

Sorry, you cannot have a double dose of dilaudid to bring you pain level from a 10 to a 9
Posted by tgrbaitn08
Member since Dec 2007
146214 posts
Posted on 3/5/17 at 8:12 am to
There was/is a poster here that claimed she has fibromyalgia and that it's real. Can't remember who it is. I want to say it's nurse.
Posted by facher08
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2011
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Posted on 3/5/17 at 8:13 am to
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ADHD


Posted by TulaneFan
Slidell, LA
Member since Jan 2008
14034 posts
Posted on 3/5/17 at 8:15 am to
Glaucoma
Posted by SCLibertarian
Conway, South Carolina
Member since Aug 2013
35952 posts
Posted on 3/5/17 at 8:16 am to
A former co-worker of mine would say she had a migraine every time she had a headache. Heaven forbid you try to tell her they were not one and the same.
Posted by Moustache
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Member since May 2008
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Posted on 3/5/17 at 8:16 am to
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Gluten sensitivity laughs at your list.


Yes, I agree. Added to the list.
Posted by Moustache
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Member since May 2008
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Posted on 3/5/17 at 8:17 am to
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y Dr told me this was total BS

A little exercise can cure most of these


Very true. I often wonder the long term ramifications of low T treatments on the hearts of men.
Posted by Moustache
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Posted on 3/5/17 at 8:18 am to
quote:

I read a lot of "I think" in your post.

Are you an MD or a facebook reader?





Not an MD, but as I said...many of these conditions are real but way over-diagnosed.

The medical community is a business trying to make a buck just like ambulance chasers.
Posted by Moustache
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Posted on 3/5/17 at 8:19 am to
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facher08


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