RIGHT. It's not wanting to have MS or any other disorder. It's wanting to know what's going on, because the limbo feels so much worse than just *knowing*.
I also admit to being possibly unrealistically optimistic. I dealt with mental health issues for years, and didn't seem to be making progress in getting better. After 13 years of therapy, I finally got the right diagnosis. A little more than 3 years after that, I was feeling so much better that the difference was nearly unimaginable.
I want *THAT* with my physical health. I want to feel so much better that I can barely remember what it was like to feel this physically bad. I want to have a diagnosis so that I can hopefully find the specific approaches that will help treatments to be effective.
Realistically, it looks like we've ruled out anything that will respond to treatment so that I will get as much improvement with physical health as I have with mental health. But at the same time, something that is even a little effective has got to be better than treating symptoms without understanding what's causing them.
I also admit to being possibly unrealistically optimistic. I dealt with mental health issues for years, and didn't seem to be making progress in getting better. After 13 years of therapy, I finally got the right diagnosis. A little more than 3 years after that, I was feeling so much better that the difference was nearly unimaginable.
I want *THAT* with my physical health. I want to feel so much better that I can barely remember what it was like to feel this physically bad. I want to have a diagnosis so that I can hopefully find the specific approaches that will help treatments to be effective.
Realistically, it looks like we've ruled out anything that will respond to treatment so that I will get as much improvement with physical health as I have with mental health. But at the same time, something that is even a little effective has got to be better than treating symptoms without understanding what's causing them.
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