The modern chronic illness cycle.
Me: I have X and it took three and a bit decades to diagnose and I’m on A and B and C to treat it.
Them: That’s unlikely. A is used to treat OtherCondition.
Me: I don’t have OtherCondition.
Then: Well if you’re on A then you must have it. I asked ChatGPT
@NanoRaptor My wife has this problem. She was given a medication for depression. This drug is often given for bipolar disorder even though in both cases it is black box use and was designed for the control of epilepsy.
Many doctors assume that she is bipolar due to this past prescription.Her psychiatrist who prescribed it told me that it was for her depression. Some docs don't believe me.
Since my wife has FTD some doctors focus on the wrong thing. Bipolar is a common misdiagnosis for FTD.
Nanoraptor
Paul Chernoff