Posted by SLS on February 2, 2009, at 19:03:41
In reply to Diagnose me (please) - recommendations?, posted by garnet71 on February 2, 2009, at 1:29:57
I think your plan to "get clean" and pursue medical evaluations is a sober one. I hope you remain stable enough to follow through with this.
I find it reassuring that you have not decided to demonize psychiatry or its treatments. It is unfortunate that there remains so little understanding of how to diagnose and treat mental illnesses. It is very easy to become disappointed in the state of the art. Clinical practice is indeed still more of an art than a science.
I wish you luck in your future explorations.
I wouldn't presume to diagnose you. With your intellectual resources, I think you might do well to educate yourself and produce a tentative diagnosis on your own.
- Scott
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