Posted by xjs7 on November 10, 2005, at 23:38:32
In reply to Re: i could be bipolar please read » xjs7, posted by Racer on November 10, 2005, at 18:00:09
Racer, my neurologist told me a story about a man who had dizziness. He went to his neurologist and the doctor told him it was probably nothing and wouldn't do anything. Well this man felt there was really something wrong. So he went to one of those places where you can pay for an MRI personally. He had the scan and it revealed an acoustic schwannoma. It was malignant and he would have died if he had not taken the initiative and done the scan. Ruling out medical causes generally involves inspecting the person's arms for needle tracks. At least that's how my doctor "excluded" medical causes. To get my referral to see a neurologist, I told my doctor "I want a referral." I did not ask him his opinion, but he offered it anyways. He thought my seizures were drug side effects. Never mind that the drugs I was on almost never cause seizures.
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