David Davison

Long COVID may be part of a broader post-infectious biological spectrum, where symptomatic PCC represents the more clinically visible end of a continuous dysregulation rather than a completely separate category.

You can’t go in being like “I’m having migraines and I’ve seen that the first line medication intervention for migraines is triptans so I’d like to try that”, many drs won’t LIKE THAT. You have to go “oh nooo my heeeaddd hurtttsss what do i dooo”

I'm seeing a trend of posts like this. Most physicians don't object to your self-diagnosis and treatment plan because of a need to be right. Posters seem to ignore the fact that the person prescribing their medication of choice assumes the liability of an incorrect diagnosis and any resultimg harm of a recommended treatment. The best solution is to allow more meds to be available without prescription, not create a world where physicians bow down to their every whim amd demand of patients.

I'm not gonna lie, it is frustrating when you ask a patient what's wrong and they just give you a diagnosis. Like "I have a chest infection". OK, you're probably right but I need to know your symptoms to see if I agree with that diagnosis. I can't just take your word for it.

Doctors are like cops in that they, either directly or through negligence, kill disabled and Mad folks every damn day yet expect us to treat them with deference.