Friday, June 01, 2012

can't find what wrong

By Dorothy Laughmiller Sunday, June 22, 2008

 

 

They are still trying find out what wrong with me.  They are even said i need psychiatric consultation.

6/22/08 8:55pm

Hello Dorothy

It's really nice to meet you and Welcome.

 

It seems to be pretty common with those of us who suffer with Chronic Pain & hidden illnesses to be asked for a phyc evaluation, it's just a way a doctor can check to make sure that's it's not just depression or due to any other mental illness that your experiencing pain.

 

I know it can be very insulting and make a person angry as heck, but I've had one and it really was not a big deal at all.  Once I got over the initial feelings of insulting & resentment, I realized that having a mental health professional tell my other doctors that I was a normal woman who by my body launguage & facial expression is in a great deal of pain, and possibly slightly depressed because of it and not the other way around.  So it ended up being validating what I was tell them.

 

Your post was short, so I was not sure if this was what you were saying or not, but Welcome its really very nice to meet you.

Hugs

Betty

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By Dorothy Laughmiller— Last Modified: 09/06/11, First Published: 06/22/08