I was misdiagnosed as a hypochondriac and a drug seeker for the majority of my life until last year. I honestly started to question if maybe what was happening was all in my head and I was crazy. I saw all sorts of specialist, my joints would turn black and blue and swell, terrible joint issues. Joints of a 60 year old even though I'm 21. Constantly getting horrific injuries when I was a child. Not knowing what was wrong with me and thinking I was going insane was probably the hardest part. I lost the ability to lift my arms to drive my car. I couldn't sit for more than 30 minutes without my hip dislocating. My spine started degenerating and putting pressure on my nerves, bells palsy, my body's inability to control my blood pressure/heart rate/ breathing/internal organs (autonomic dysfunction) I KNEW it wasn't in my head. So many doctors brushed me off. I could be writhing in pain in the ER screaming for someone to help me and they would not do a single thing. I finaly saw a Geneticist, and the very first thing he said to me after my examination was that I was not crazy. That made me burst into tears. Many many people with Ehlers Danlos syndrome have to fight years to get a diagnosis, and it really truly does make you question your sanity. Ehlers Danlos syndrome is a genetic disorder that affects how your body produces connective tissue. I have barely any lol. Tldr: my body has been rotting for years and doctors brushed it off as being in my head
My mother luckily spent a decade to get diagnosed so I didn't have to do as much work, but even then it still took like 3 geneticists before one would actually believe me even with my family history.
Was misdiagnosed twice. First I have Celic disease where gluten damages my body. I threw up almost every single day almost every time I ate from infancy for 11 years. I was misdiagnosed with Acid Reflux for 11 years. I also have something called POTS, where I have a high resting heart rate, pass out or get dizzy when I stand up, and many more symptoms. I was misdiagnosed with Anxiety and making it up. I left that doctor long ago.
not exactly mis-diagnosed, but misprescribed. i was diagnosed with schizoid personality disorder as a kid and prescribed risperidone for it. the meds made me feel restless, crazy, completely lacking in self control, and also decreased my appetite to almost nothing. (i literally had a bmi of like 12). for unknown reasons, my mom kept me on the meds, and to this day i’m struggling with the aftereffects of basically being poisoned for most of my childhood.
In upper school a psychiatrist said I was simply bored when I was feeling so depressed and actively self harming. A few years later I was diagnosed with severe depression, social anxiety disorder, generalised anxiety disorder, and post traumatic stress disorder all resulting from being abused for the first 21 years of my life. 🙃 Thankfully I’m on the right medications and I’ve been through therapy and I’m doing better now. But seriously? “Boredom”!?!
I had been having 2-3 week periods since I had started them. I ended up having two c-sections with my kids, and I started bleeding for a month or more straight with intense pain. I was 26 at the time, so, obviously, I am a pain pill seeker. One ultrasound later: a fibroid tumor, endometriosis, and ovarian cyst later I was reluctantly given Tramadol to mitigate the pain. I ended up getting a hysterectomy, and I was still looked at as a drug seeker. I haven’t been to the doctor in almost 10 years because of that.
I have crohns disease and experienced a huge loss of appetite which lead to weight loss. My parents would make jokes about being anorexic but it was legitimately the weirdest feeling. You would be starving, take two bites, then feel completely full to the point of wanting to throw up. I also got misdiagnosed by my pediatrician at 14, who thought i was constipated since i felt like going, but nothing would come out...saw a gastroenterologist soon after and was diagnosed with crohns.
I honestly think that cases of correct diagnosis are getting more and more rare. Especially in the VA health care system. For every one who wants government run healthcare get accustomed to these two phrases "well you're sick" and "Here is your prescription Ibuprofen" which cover everything from a broken leg to brain cancer.
Told me I sprained my knee. Couldn’t straighten my leg, everything felt wrong and the pain was incredible. I knew tore something but they didn’t believe me. Got an X-ray showed nothing. Went a month and a half walking with a torn PCL in my left knee. Didn’t find out until I made the doctor order a mri
I went to the ER for severe abdominal and chest pain. The said I needed to be admitted and have my gall bladder out in the morning. I just said...really? I thought the last time it was taken out would have worked. I walked out.
That ear story made my ear hurt and I'm pissed at the first doctor for the misdiagnosis. I hope that doctor lost his license UPDATE: I felt a lot of these.
2 weeks after open heart surgery I started having a LOT of pain and my chest smelled like stinky feet. Went to surgeon, he said it's fine and sent me home. 2 days later the pain was much worse and went to the ER. diagnosed me with costrocondritis ( basically "pain in the sternum") and sent me home. later that night I was rushed to ER by ambulance. I had severe sepsis. Ended up in the hospital for months. Approx 9 surgeries (including surgical debridements, sternotomy and flap surgery) and month+ on a wound vac. I almost died. 2 years later and still have many problems and constant pain.
My sister was diagnosed with adrenal insufficiency, and given large doses of steroids. The steroids destroyed her teeth, which crumbled. Twice she went into shock and her heart stopped. They said it was because her blood sugar had dropped so low it was barely readable. After being told she didn't have anything wrong with her adrenal glands, she tried to find a lawyer who would take her case, since it was gross malpractice, but all the ones she went to said, "Well we don't think we could win any settlement. You're still alive. " Wtf? 😮😦
I remember one of my docs accused me of having anorexia and I said I didn't know what that was (because I honestly did NOT know what that word meant). He took that as I was denying it in front of my mom and put me on powder my mom had to put in all my food and drinks to make me gain weight. What was the correct diagnosis? I had kidney failure and did not have much of an appetite since I was so sick...
As a matter of fact, I have. Twice, actually. The first time, I was 5 and had trouble following directions and socializing in the daycare. The child psychologist diagnosed me with ODD and suggested I be sedated with one of those debilitating types of drugs that leave kids in a foggy state of passive compliance. When my mom refused his terrible advice, he said she was "a horrible mother" raising me to be "a bum living under a bridge." Try being a child and hearing something like that from someone who is supposed to be helping you... And, yes, this doctor did later lose his license to practice, so there's justice in that. Years later, I was tested again. I knew something was wrong with me, but I needed a proper diagnosis. This time, I was diagnosed with a sexual dysfunction. I wish I was making this up... I was thinking "WTF is this?" but just went with it; I didn't want the fight with my parents and the system for being uncooperative, lest I get cited for something worse. But, seriously, who the fuck thinks the best way to help a confused teenager is advising to practice safe sex and develop sexuality and compatibility with someone? Go to Hell. Finally, after more pushing than it should have taken, I got another appointment with a different psychologist. With what am I diagnosed? Surprise - high-functioning autism, ADHD, and emotional trauma/abuse (from teachers and the doctors, not my parents). And, no, even now that I understand myself better, life has not gotten any easier. Now, when everyone wonders why I'm belligerent and uncooperative with the system and shit-talk me behind my back, all I can think is, "I have better reasons than most to hate it and people like you." Sure, it sounds like funny stories now, but those experiences were harmful and incredibly unfair. TL;DR - autism, ADHD, and emotional abuse were misdiagnosed as ODD and sexual dysfunction.
I've not been diagnosed, but I'm certain I have Hashimoto's, I've already been diagnosed with hypothyroidism and I have all the symptoms of the condition I should have been seen by an endocrinologist when I was first diagnose around 7 years ago, but was always told my thyroid levels aren't low enough to be a concern. I have done a lot of research on hypothyroidism, i found out some cases of Hashimoto's can only be diagnosed with an ultrasound, in those cases blood tests show normal levels, but worsening of health. I recently began to see a new doctor and they seem to listen to me, I will be asking them for an ultrasound of my thyroid so I can have definitive proof. Then I can finaaly see an endocrinologist and start treatment.
I had an adrenal tumor and was fainting constantly. They brushed it off as psychological or behavioral. Found out I had a tumor, got surgery and am much better now! I was so mad they thought it was all in my head!
Saw a lot of kids in the 90's getting diagnosed with Oppositional Defiance Disorder because apparently doctors didn't want to call a kid bipolar. Set back some people's mental health progress by a few years.
The second time I got pneumonia in the same year as the first time, it wasn’t as bad, just coughing. A doctor said I had pollen allergies and prescribed some medication. I literally transferred pollen from flower to flower with my finger like a bee before with no symptoms, and later on we visited my regular doctor and she said I had walking pneumonia. I used an inhaler until it was cured. I could still breathe perfectly fine when I had pneumonia both times, I just had a couple of fevers the first time, that was the only difference in symptoms. The liquid penicillin tastes good.
I was misdiagnosed with ADHD when i was 14 and it almost ruined my life. It started when my teachers noticed that i daydreamed constantly in class and they were concerned, so at some point i was sent to a Psychiatrist. Instead of being taught how to manage my condition, i was put on medication that made me suicidal. even when i stopped taking it the thoughts never left. I think it triggered something in me and i spent my teen years destroying my body and the lives of people around me. At 18 i finally got myself help and it was the best thing ive ever done for myself. I was finally properly diagnosed with CPTSD and started going to therapy. Turns out the depression, anxiety, and constant daydreaming were a direct result of childhood trauma. It took years to unpack all that shit, develop skills to manage my condition, and graduate school... I did it though and Ill be turning 24 and starting my first year at uni in september.
Misdiagnosed has being allergic to peanuts. Wasn't until I ate a Reese's pieces and didn't die from an allergic reaction that I said "Hold up, wait a minute, something aint right"
That 10 year old girl where the doctor misdiagnosed herb is being pregnant I'm surprised they didn't sue the doctor or the hospital for malpractice maybe they didn't they just until that part of the story.
A lot of doctors get paid too much and just barely passed their medical licence. There is no accountability for lazy diagnoses. I see this shitty behavior in the computer industry as well. They have the degree but can't properly diagnose a computer problem to save their life. Computer running slow must be a virus - nope faulty psu; Suddenly shutting off after being on for a while minutes, must be the psu. Nope, thermal paste was not properly applied to the cpu causing it to overheat; Computer acting wonky, faulty mobo. Nope, just needed a bios update. People never look deeper when they -think- they are smart.
my dad had pain in his shoulder for months and was told it was arthritis (nothing came up in tests to suggest heart problems). Eventually he had trouble breathing, night sweats and fevers etc he was told it was pneumonia. Came home for 3 days and stopped breathing. Was sent to hospital where they ran better tests and he was diagnosed with stage 4 lung and bone cancer that had spread to most of his body. It was a super aggressive cancer so even if he'd been diagnosed when the pain started he may not have made it, but he lived for 4 weeks after his cancer diagnosis.
In 2016, I had blood work done because no one could figure out why I was so fatigued literally all the time. Went to a rheumatologist to discuss what was up and to discuss my bloodwork. I tripped all the markers for an inflammatory autoimmune condition, but guess what the rheumatologist did? *Ignored that,* and prescribed me a growth hormone that made me seriously irritable. It wasn't til this year I was told "um hey so you have fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue and it's probably because you have this inflammatory autoimmune disease." Yeah, I was in shock for days because I've been in pain and fatigue for years upon years upon years that had only gotten worse. I've been more disabled this year than I've ever been. I wish I'd known in 2016 so I could start making changes then. Immense stress and a careless diet has had me deteriorating at an alarming rate for years. I'm not sure if there's been permanent damage done, but it feels like it. Stress is still basically a guarantee that I'll be hurting.
I was told i had ovarian cancer. I insisted the lump they felt had been there for yrs. I told them the high ca 125 test reading could be from other causes. They insisted i sign papers agreeing to a hysterectomy and appendectomy and lymph node removal. I refused since they never could find any cancer cells. After surgery i was proven correct. I had an ovarian cyst and a uterine fibroid growing on a stalk from outside the uterus
FIBROMYALGIA!!!!!!! I was told being a little baby was not acceptable 20 years later I can't stand doctors it's all guess work with their little white coat
I was told for about 7 years I had reflux. I even got a second opinion same answer. My mum had to get checked for gallstones and because we had a double appointment the doctor said we will send you too. He apologised deeply for not taking me seriously about my pain because he thought I was too young to have gallstones. I had to get it out the next week before my mum. I started getting the pains when I was 17.
I had the symptoms of diverticulitis or kidney bladder infection and insisted i needed an antibiotic. My doctor insisted i didnt need an antibiotic and refused to give me one. He insisted i had gallstone blockage and diabetes instead. I had very elevated crp which could have various causes and elevated liver enzymes. I told him i had oatmeal and honey before the blood test as i didnt expect a blood test. Also told him i had been on antibiotic which ran out. Told him the antibiotic scewed the tests to show a low infection level. Idiot never gave me any treatment. I went to another doctor who agreed with me He agreed the area of pain i had could not be gallstones. He gave me antibiotics and had me retested. I didnt have diabetes and my liver enzymes returned to normal. I had a urinary infection
Yes, twice. The syndrome is called Alstrom syndrome, it’s so rare that it gets misdiagnosed all the time. No, literally, ask any of us how many times we were diagnosed, most in the community will say at least once, unless of course they were near a good research center or teaching hospital that knew of the existence of the syndrome and knew as a new quantity. Most get diagnosed as young as preschool age, however, that if all the symptoms do is supposed to, which is to say avalanche. No, mine came on so gradually that no one knew to look for them. First I was about, I want to say roughly 6 months old, at least under the age 2, given the diagnosis of achromatopsia, in short, no cone function, we don’t know if they just don’t want to work or functionally can’t and I frankly don’t care. The heart was relatively stable, specially after what happened to me at nine months, with new information we think it’s either unrelated or a very rare complication. I ended up having a UTI, which should’ve been a red flag, but the other problem is a lot of symptoms are very subtle, if the larger symptoms don’t show up alongside it, doctors miss it. The second diagnosed was given when I was about 12, I had started to develop cataracts, they are now about the size of a grape, at least that’s what I was told my last eye exam a few years ago They gave me a diagnosis, general and Rosa, Lefer to LCA. Thought hearing was unrelated. I think you know about LCA is that some variance have Jean therapies, therefore there is a viable treatment. I went back when I was 21, age 12 is roughly 2007, so, add nine years, and you’ll figure out what year that was. When they first day notice me, my blood did not produce a match, however, I knew that research in medicine to make Moonlanding style leaps and short periods. I had gone back to my ophthalmologist to see if more research has been done, and therefore whether my blood was a gene match And extension, whether or not there could actually be a treatment for me. I was still registered under pediatrics at this time, and therefore had nemesis, who literally ran my optimist down in the hallway and said I think she has this. Or at least, that’s what she told me, after asking me 1001 questions, which I answered, no, should I? I had no idea what to look for. It is officially been eight years since the diagnosis, I was kind of surprised and a bit different. My first questions were does have a cure? Is there a treatment? Answer the first was no, answer the second is Debatable. You can treat the symptoms, you cannot treat the root, because we have no idea how to treat the root without messing up something else. Just like that. Mom wasn’t phased, apparently she’s been talking lady who did all the research on the syndrome, don’t ask how, so this was on her radar as a known quantity. I didn’t have the cardiomyopathy at the time, so she wasn’t certain whether or not I had it. My dad is still in denial, at times ashamed stepfather is angry that he did not diagnose himself when he is in GP and geriatrics, not pediatrics where this is normally found. Oh, and being diagnosed at that late stage is not entirely uncommon, met a British woman who was not diagnosed until she was 26. The best way to describe it is the medical definition of Murphy’s Law. It is not a matter of if, it is a matter of when and how bad. Best advice to those who do have this? And not panicking, because of the “emotional and energetic age of your children, medically, fluent, it is the best way I know of of being able to advocate for yourself and, if you have children with us, your child. Being that I am functionally blind from this condition I use dictation for everything when I’m not typing it out myself on my computer with a screen reader equipped so I ask you to please pardon any and all errors dictation has made and use your brain and context clues for the chemistry formula, but this will inevitably become
Welp, guess i finally found out that random pain that literally made me think i was dying was just a fucking gallstone. Literally everybody and google said that it was just indigestion, but ive had indigestion before and i KNOW it wasnt that
1st time Doctors: it’s just anxiety, stop wasting our time. Specialist: yeh you have a heart condition, you’ll need an operation to fix that. 👍🏻 2nd time Doctors: It’s just a stomach bug, you’ll be okay in 24hours. Doctor I saw the following evening after an 10hour shift at work: You have a mass in your stomach, we’ve done a scan and your appendix is about to rupture, please sign these papers so we can operate immediately.
And then there is my mother, what did it end up being? Adrenal fatigue, what was she falsely diagnosed with? Bipolar disorder. Two, possibly three whole years of mom? Are you OK? No. Can I help? No. Can I get you a sandwich? Yes, that unspoken conversation did actually happen one day. All because an ex friend of hers who is going to nursing school with her at the time, want her to be just like her. My mom just like the friend, sorry if that was not clear we have since moved away and do not keep in touch. The only useful thing she taught me, other than how to recognize bipolar? Why cats need their tails. But that is a story for another day r.
Got told I was fine and sent home from the hospital after falling out of a shopping cart when 2. Went home and started having seizures. Went to a new hospital. I had a fractured skull, seizures for 2w, and have brain damage, migraines ever since. Took 19yrs for them to stop telling me I was too young, and that they were just tension headaches. They can get so bad that if I dont have my meds I start wanting to just kill myself. Last time I had to order weed. Also had back spasms for 5yrs before they diagnosed it. Once again too young.
I won't say who but someone I know was misdiagnosed by who was probably the best doctor in the surgery said it was just a stomach ache she actually had a burst appendix she almost died everyone makes mistakes and he was a great GP but that is a big mistake to make particually seeing as she was about 6 at the time.
Yes, twice. The syndrome is called Alstrom syndrome, it’s so rare that it gets misdiagnosed all the time. No, literally, ask any of us how many times we were diagnosed, most in the community will say at least once, unless of course they were near a good research center or teaching hospital that knew of the existence of the syndrome and knew as a new quantity. Most get diagnosed as young as preschool age, however, that if all the symptoms do is supposed to, which is to say avalanche. No, mine came on so gradually that no one knew to look for them. First I was about, I want to say roughly 6 months old, at least under the age 2, given the diagnosis of achromatopsia, in short, no cone function, we don’t know if they just don’t want to work or functionally can’t and I frankly don’t care. The heart was relatively stable, specially after what happened to me at nine months, with new information we think it’s either unrelated or a very rare complication. I ended up having a UTI, which should’ve been a red flag, but the other problem is a lot of symptoms are very subtle, if the larger symptoms don’t show up alongside it, doctors miss it. The second diagnosed was given when I was about 12, I had started to develop cataracts, they are now about the size of a grape, at least that’s what I was told my last eye exam a few years ago They gave me a diagnosis, general and Rosa, Lefer to LCA. Thought hearing was unrelated. I think you know about LCA is that some variance have Jean therapies, therefore there is a viable treatment. I went back when I was 21, age 12 is roughly 2007, so, add nine years, and you’ll figure out what year that was. When they first day notice me, my blood did not produce a match, however, I knew that research in medicine to make Moonlanding style leaps and short periods. I had gone back to my ophthalmologist to see if more research has been done, and therefore whether my blood was a gene match And extension, whether or not there could actually be a treatment for me. I was still registered under pediatrics at this time, and therefore had nemesis, who literally ran my optimist down in the hallway and said I think she has this. Or at least, that’s what she told me, after asking me 1001 questions, which I answered, no, should I? I had no idea what to look for. It is officially been eight years since the diagnosis, I was kind of surprised and a bit different. My first questions were does have a cure? Is there a treatment? Answer the first was no, answer the second is Debatable. You can treat the symptoms, you cannot treat the root, because we have no idea how to treat the root without messing up something else. Just like that. Mom wasn’t phased, apparently she’s been talking lady who did all the research on the syndrome, don’t ask how, so this was on her radar as a known quantity. I didn’t have the cardiomyopathy at the time, so she wasn’t certain whether or not I had it. My dad is still in denial, at times ashamed stepfather is angry that he did not diagnose himself when he is in GP and geriatrics, not pediatrics where this is normally found. Oh, and being diagnosed at that late stage is not entirely uncommon, met a British woman who was not diagnosed until she was 26. The best way to describe it is the medical definition of Murphy’s Law. It is not a matter of if, it is a matter of when and how bad. Best advice to those who do have this? And not panicking, because of the “emotional and energetic age of your children, medically, fluent, it is the best way I know of of being able to advocate for yourself and, if you have children with us, your child. Being that I am functionally blind from this condition I use dictation for everything when I’m not typing it out myself on my computer with a screen reader equipped so I ask you to please pardon any and all errors dictation has made and use your brain and context clues for the chemistry formula, but this will inevitably become
Dude this guy messed up the editing pretty badly. It's like 5+ seconds behind for alot of the video
I felt bad for the first one. Imagine thinking a close family is going to de only for them to be misdiagnosed
@My Names V, Im Good Boy but all that stress could've been avoided
I was misdiagnosed as a hypochondriac and a drug seeker for the majority of my life until last year. I honestly started to question if maybe what was happening was all in my head and I was crazy. I saw all sorts of specialist, my joints would turn black and blue and swell, terrible joint issues. Joints of a 60 year old even though I'm 21. Constantly getting horrific injuries when I was a child. Not knowing what was wrong with me and thinking I was going insane was probably the hardest part. I lost the ability to lift my arms to drive my car. I couldn't sit for more than 30 minutes without my hip dislocating. My spine started degenerating and putting pressure on my nerves, bells palsy, my body's inability to control my blood pressure/heart rate/ breathing/internal organs (autonomic dysfunction) I KNEW it wasn't in my head. So many doctors brushed me off. I could be writhing in pain in the ER screaming for someone to help me and they would not do a single thing. I finaly saw a Geneticist, and the very first thing he said to me after my examination was that I was not crazy. That made me burst into tears. Many many people with Ehlers Danlos syndrome have to fight years to get a diagnosis, and it really truly does make you question your sanity.
Ehlers Danlos syndrome is a genetic disorder that affects how your body produces connective tissue. I have barely any lol.
Tldr: my body has been rotting for years and doctors brushed it off as being in my head
I have EDS too and ended up having to diagnose myself at like 14
My mother luckily spent a decade to get diagnosed so I didn't have to do as much work, but even then it still took like 3 geneticists before one would actually believe me even with my family history.
does nobody watch these before uploading? a lot of the transitions are placed wrong in the video
Was misdiagnosed twice. First I have Celic disease where gluten damages my body. I threw up almost every single day almost every time I ate from infancy for 11 years. I was misdiagnosed with Acid Reflux for 11 years. I also have something called POTS, where I have a high resting heart rate, pass out or get dizzy when I stand up, and many more symptoms. I was misdiagnosed with Anxiety and making it up. I left that doctor long ago.
not exactly mis-diagnosed, but misprescribed. i was diagnosed with schizoid personality disorder as a kid and prescribed risperidone for it. the meds made me feel restless, crazy, completely lacking in self control, and also decreased my appetite to almost nothing. (i literally had a bmi of like 12).
for unknown reasons, my mom kept me on the meds, and to this day i’m struggling with the aftereffects of basically being poisoned for most of my childhood.
In upper school a psychiatrist said I was simply bored when I was feeling so depressed and actively self harming. A few years later I was diagnosed with severe depression, social anxiety disorder, generalised anxiety disorder, and post traumatic stress disorder all resulting from being abused for the first 21 years of my life. 🙃
Thankfully I’m on the right medications and I’ve been through therapy and I’m doing better now.
But seriously? “Boredom”!?!
I had been having 2-3 week periods since I had started them. I ended up having two c-sections with my kids, and I started bleeding for a month or more straight with intense pain. I was 26 at the time, so, obviously, I am a pain pill seeker. One ultrasound later: a fibroid tumor, endometriosis, and ovarian cyst later I was reluctantly given Tramadol to mitigate the pain. I ended up getting a hysterectomy, and I was still looked at as a drug seeker. I haven’t been to the doctor in almost 10 years because of that.
All these doctors needs to have their licenses revoked! 😡
I have crohns disease and experienced a huge loss of appetite which lead to weight loss. My parents would make jokes about being anorexic but it was legitimately the weirdest feeling. You would be starving, take two bites, then feel completely full to the point of wanting to throw up. I also got misdiagnosed by my pediatrician at 14, who thought i was constipated since i felt like going, but nothing would come out...saw a gastroenterologist soon after and was diagnosed with crohns.
Is it just me or is there something wrong with the edit of this video? 😅
Endometriosis and pain in the general area sucks so much
I honestly think that cases of correct diagnosis are getting more and more rare. Especially in the VA health care system. For every one who wants government run healthcare get accustomed to these two phrases "well you're sick" and "Here is your prescription Ibuprofen" which cover everything from a broken leg to brain cancer.
I was misdiagnosed as an anxious hypochondriac when in reality I have inappropriate sinus tachycardia with supraventricular and ventricular ectopy
Told me I sprained my knee. Couldn’t straighten my leg, everything felt wrong and the pain was incredible. I knew tore something but they didn’t believe me. Got an X-ray showed nothing. Went a month and a half walking with a torn PCL in my left knee. Didn’t find out until I made the doctor order a mri
I went to the ER for severe abdominal and chest pain. The said I needed to be admitted and have my gall bladder out in the morning. I just said...really? I thought the last time it was taken out would have worked. I walked out.
That ear story made my ear hurt and I'm pissed at the first doctor for the misdiagnosis. I hope that doctor lost his license
UPDATE:
I felt a lot of these.
2 weeks after open heart surgery I started having a LOT of pain and my chest smelled like stinky feet. Went to surgeon, he said it's fine and sent me home. 2 days later the pain was much worse and went to the ER. diagnosed me with costrocondritis ( basically "pain in the sternum") and sent me home. later that night I was rushed to ER by ambulance. I had severe sepsis. Ended up in the hospital for months. Approx 9 surgeries (including surgical debridements, sternotomy and flap surgery) and month+ on a wound vac. I almost died. 2 years later and still have many problems and constant pain.
I had bad periods and really heavy bleeding till I went on the pill best choice ever
My sister was diagnosed with adrenal insufficiency, and given large doses of steroids. The steroids destroyed her teeth, which crumbled. Twice she went into shock and her heart stopped. They said it was because her blood sugar had dropped so low it was barely readable. After being told she didn't have anything wrong with her adrenal glands, she tried to find a lawyer who would take her case, since it was gross malpractice, but all the ones she went to said, "Well we don't think we could win any settlement. You're still alive. "
Wtf? 😮😦
Ever figure out what the actual problem was?
I remember one of my docs accused me of having anorexia and I said I didn't know what that was (because I honestly did NOT know what that word meant). He took that as I was denying it in front of my mom and put me on powder my mom had to put in all my food and drinks to make me gain weight. What was the correct diagnosis? I had kidney failure and did not have much of an appetite since I was so sick...
As a matter of fact, I have. Twice, actually.
The first time, I was 5 and had trouble following directions and socializing in the daycare. The child psychologist diagnosed me with ODD and suggested I be sedated with one of those debilitating types of drugs that leave kids in a foggy state of passive compliance. When my mom refused his terrible advice, he said she was "a horrible mother" raising me to be "a bum living under a bridge." Try being a child and hearing something like that from someone who is supposed to be helping you... And, yes, this doctor did later lose his license to practice, so there's justice in that.
Years later, I was tested again. I knew something was wrong with me, but I needed a proper diagnosis. This time, I was diagnosed with a sexual dysfunction. I wish I was making this up... I was thinking "WTF is this?" but just went with it; I didn't want the fight with my parents and the system for being uncooperative, lest I get cited for something worse. But, seriously, who the fuck thinks the best way to help a confused teenager is advising to practice safe sex and develop sexuality and compatibility with someone? Go to Hell.
Finally, after more pushing than it should have taken, I got another appointment with a different psychologist. With what am I diagnosed? Surprise - high-functioning autism, ADHD, and emotional trauma/abuse (from teachers and the doctors, not my parents). And, no, even now that I understand myself better, life has not gotten any easier.
Now, when everyone wonders why I'm belligerent and uncooperative with the system and shit-talk me behind my back, all I can think is, "I have better reasons than most to hate it and people like you." Sure, it sounds like funny stories now, but those experiences were harmful and incredibly unfair.
TL;DR - autism, ADHD, and emotional abuse were misdiagnosed as ODD and sexual dysfunction.
I've not been diagnosed, but I'm certain I have Hashimoto's, I've already been diagnosed with hypothyroidism and I have all the symptoms of the condition
I should have been seen by an endocrinologist when I was first diagnose around 7 years ago, but was always told my thyroid levels aren't low enough to be a concern.
I have done a lot of research on hypothyroidism, i found out some cases of Hashimoto's can only be diagnosed with an ultrasound, in those cases blood tests show normal levels, but worsening of health.
I recently began to see a new doctor and they seem to listen to me, I will be asking them for an ultrasound of my thyroid so I can have definitive proof.
Then I can finaaly see an endocrinologist and start treatment.
I had an adrenal tumor and was fainting constantly. They brushed it off as psychological or behavioral. Found out I had a tumor, got surgery and am much better now! I was so mad they thought it was all in my head!
god i want to make the joke. i am glad you are ok now. and sorry the dr's were assholes. it is waaaay to common of a thing
At 17 a doctor told me I just had allergies, which I had never had in my life, when what I really had was whooping cough
Saw a lot of kids in the 90's getting diagnosed with Oppositional Defiance Disorder because apparently doctors didn't want to call a kid bipolar. Set back some people's mental health progress by a few years.
The second time I got pneumonia in the same year as the first time, it wasn’t as bad, just coughing. A doctor said I had pollen allergies and prescribed some medication. I literally transferred pollen from flower to flower with my finger like a bee before with no symptoms, and later on we visited my regular doctor and she said I had walking pneumonia. I used an inhaler until it was cured. I could still breathe perfectly fine when I had pneumonia both times, I just had a couple of fevers the first time, that was the only difference in symptoms. The liquid penicillin tastes good.
the strawberry one right? god i miss that lmao
I was misdiagnosed with ADHD when i was 14 and it almost ruined my life. It started when my teachers noticed that i daydreamed constantly in class and they were concerned, so at some point i was sent to a Psychiatrist. Instead of being taught how to manage my condition, i was put on medication that made me suicidal. even when i stopped taking it the thoughts never left. I think it triggered something in me and i spent my teen years destroying my body and the lives of people around me. At 18 i finally got myself help and it was the best thing ive ever done for myself. I was finally properly diagnosed with CPTSD and started going to therapy. Turns out the depression, anxiety, and constant daydreaming were a direct result of childhood trauma. It took years to unpack all that shit, develop skills to manage my condition, and graduate school... I did it though and Ill be turning 24 and starting my first year at uni in september.
Misdiagnosed has being allergic to peanuts. Wasn't until I ate a Reese's pieces and didn't die from an allergic reaction that I said "Hold up, wait a minute, something aint right"
That 10 year old girl where the doctor misdiagnosed herb is being pregnant I'm surprised they didn't sue the doctor or the hospital for malpractice maybe they didn't they just until that part of the story.
A doc once did that to me but then I used a reverse card and misdiagnosed him
Whoa did u get a COVID-19 mask?? Fuckin mint
A lot of doctors get paid too much and just barely passed their medical licence. There is no accountability for lazy diagnoses. I see this shitty behavior in the computer industry as well. They have the degree but can't properly diagnose a computer problem to save their life.
Computer running slow must be a virus - nope faulty psu; Suddenly shutting off after being on for a while minutes, must be the psu. Nope, thermal paste was not properly applied to the cpu causing it to overheat; Computer acting wonky, faulty mobo. Nope, just needed a bios update.
People never look deeper when they -think- they are smart.
my dad had pain in his shoulder for months and was told it was arthritis (nothing came up in tests to suggest heart problems). Eventually he had trouble breathing, night sweats and fevers etc he was told it was pneumonia. Came home for 3 days and stopped breathing. Was sent to hospital where they ran better tests and he was diagnosed with stage 4 lung and bone cancer that had spread to most of his body. It was a super aggressive cancer so even if he'd been diagnosed when the pain started he may not have made it, but he lived for 4 weeks after his cancer diagnosis.
In 2016, I had blood work done because no one could figure out why I was so fatigued literally all the time. Went to a rheumatologist to discuss what was up and to discuss my bloodwork. I tripped all the markers for an inflammatory autoimmune condition, but guess what the rheumatologist did? *Ignored that,* and prescribed me a growth hormone that made me seriously irritable. It wasn't til this year I was told "um hey so you have fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue and it's probably because you have this inflammatory autoimmune disease." Yeah, I was in shock for days because I've been in pain and fatigue for years upon years upon years that had only gotten worse. I've been more disabled this year than I've ever been. I wish I'd known in 2016 so I could start making changes then. Immense stress and a careless diet has had me deteriorating at an alarming rate for years. I'm not sure if there's been permanent damage done, but it feels like it. Stress is still basically a guarantee that I'll be hurting.
I was told i had ovarian cancer. I insisted the lump they felt had been there for yrs. I told them the high ca 125 test reading could be from other causes. They insisted i sign papers agreeing to a hysterectomy and appendectomy and lymph node removal. I refused since they never could find any cancer cells.
After surgery i was proven correct. I had an ovarian cyst and a uterine fibroid growing on a stalk from outside the uterus
Is it just me or is my audio's timing messed up for part of the video?
FIBROMYALGIA!!!!!!! I was told being a little baby was not acceptable 20 years later I can't stand doctors it's all guess work with their little white coat
I was told for about 7 years I had reflux. I even got a second opinion same answer. My mum had to get checked for gallstones and because we had a double appointment the doctor said we will send you too. He apologised deeply for not taking me seriously about my pain because he thought I was too young to have gallstones. I had to get it out the next week before my mum. I started getting the pains when I was 17.
I had the symptoms of diverticulitis or kidney bladder infection and insisted i needed an antibiotic.
My doctor insisted i didnt need an antibiotic and refused to give me one.
He insisted i had gallstone blockage and diabetes instead.
I had very elevated crp which could have various causes and elevated liver enzymes.
I told him i had oatmeal and honey before the blood test as i didnt expect a blood test.
Also told him i had been on antibiotic which ran out.
Told him the antibiotic scewed the tests to show a low infection level.
Idiot never gave me any treatment.
I went to another doctor who agreed with me
He agreed the area of pain i had could not be gallstones.
He gave me antibiotics and had me retested.
I didnt have diabetes and my liver enzymes returned to normal.
I had a urinary infection
Benign menstral cramps. It was a burst appendix.
Yes, twice. The syndrome is called Alstrom syndrome, it’s so rare that it gets misdiagnosed all the time. No, literally, ask any of us how many times we were diagnosed, most in the community will say at least once, unless of course they were near a good research center or teaching hospital that knew of the existence of the syndrome and knew as a new quantity. Most get diagnosed as young as preschool age, however, that if all the symptoms do is supposed to, which is to say avalanche. No, mine came on so gradually that no one knew to look for them. First I was about, I want to say roughly 6 months old, at least under the age 2, given the diagnosis of achromatopsia, in short, no cone function, we don’t know if they just don’t want to work or functionally can’t and I frankly don’t care. The heart was relatively stable, specially after what happened to me at nine months, with new information we think it’s either unrelated or a very rare complication. I ended up having a UTI, which should’ve been a red flag, but the other problem is a lot of symptoms are very subtle, if the larger symptoms don’t show up alongside it, doctors miss it. The second diagnosed was given when I was about 12, I had started to develop cataracts, they are now about the size of a grape, at least that’s what I was told my last eye exam a few years ago They gave me a diagnosis, general and Rosa, Lefer to LCA. Thought hearing was unrelated. I think you know about LCA is that some variance have Jean therapies, therefore there is a viable treatment. I went back when I was 21, age 12 is roughly 2007, so, add nine years, and you’ll figure out what year that was. When they first day notice me, my blood did not produce a match, however, I knew that research in medicine to make Moonlanding style leaps and short periods. I had gone back to my ophthalmologist to see if more research has been done, and therefore whether my blood was a gene match And extension, whether or not there could actually be a treatment for me. I was still registered under pediatrics at this time, and therefore had nemesis, who literally ran my optimist down in the hallway and said I think she has this. Or at least, that’s what she told me, after asking me 1001 questions, which I answered, no, should I? I had no idea what to look for. It is officially been eight years since the diagnosis, I was kind of surprised and a bit different. My first questions were does have a cure? Is there a treatment? Answer the first was no, answer the second is Debatable. You can treat the symptoms, you cannot treat the root, because we have no idea how to treat the root without messing up something else. Just like that. Mom wasn’t phased, apparently she’s been talking lady who did all the research on the syndrome, don’t ask how, so this was on her radar as a known quantity. I didn’t have the cardiomyopathy at the time, so she wasn’t certain whether or not I had it. My dad is still in denial, at times ashamed stepfather is angry that he did not diagnose himself when he is in GP and geriatrics, not pediatrics where this is normally found. Oh, and being diagnosed at that late stage is not entirely uncommon, met a British woman who was not diagnosed until she was 26. The best way to describe it is the medical definition of Murphy’s Law. It is not a matter of if, it is a matter of when and how bad. Best advice to those who do have this? And not panicking, because of the “emotional and energetic age of your children, medically, fluent, it is the best way I know of of being able to advocate for yourself and, if you have children with us, your child. Being that I am functionally blind from this condition I use dictation for everything when I’m not typing it out myself on my computer with a screen reader equipped so I ask you to please pardon any and all errors dictation has made and use your brain and context clues for the chemistry formula, but this will inevitably become
Welp, guess i finally found out that random pain that literally made me think i was dying was just a fucking gallstone. Literally everybody and google said that it was just indigestion, but ive had indigestion before and i KNOW it wasnt that
A doctor said my sister she had pneumonia when she had the flu
1st time
Doctors: it’s just anxiety, stop wasting our time.
Specialist: yeh you have a heart condition, you’ll need an operation to fix that. 👍🏻
2nd time
Doctors: It’s just a stomach bug, you’ll be okay in 24hours.
Doctor I saw the following evening after an 10hour shift at work: You have a mass in your stomach, we’ve done a scan and your appendix is about to rupture, please sign these papers so we can operate immediately.
i had a doctor diagnose me with infantigo when i actually had scabies
What did the kid have instead of lactose intolerance?
7:08 in the same boat minus being pregnant :(
And then there is my mother, what did it end up being? Adrenal fatigue, what was she falsely diagnosed with? Bipolar disorder. Two, possibly three whole years of mom? Are you OK? No. Can I help? No. Can I get you a sandwich? Yes, that unspoken conversation did actually happen one day. All because an ex friend of hers who is going to nursing school with her at the time, want her to be just like her. My mom just like the friend, sorry if that was not clear we have since moved away and do not keep in touch. The only useful thing she taught me, other than how to recognize bipolar? Why cats need their tails. But that is a story for another day r.
Got told I was fine and sent home from the hospital after falling out of a shopping cart when 2. Went home and started having seizures. Went to a new hospital. I had a fractured skull, seizures for 2w, and have brain damage, migraines ever since. Took 19yrs for them to stop telling me I was too young, and that they were just tension headaches. They can get so bad that if I dont have my meds I start wanting to just kill myself. Last time I had to order weed. Also had back spasms for 5yrs before they diagnosed it. Once again too young.
This youtuber checks his work as well as half the medical staff in this video...
Couldn't keep up when the timing started fucking up
Man, the bursts of static in between sections of the same comment is really confusing me.
Period cramps are normal but not to the point you are curled up and in the fetal position and begging for death .
I won't say who but someone I know was misdiagnosed by who was probably the best doctor in the surgery said it was just a stomach ache she actually had a burst appendix she almost died everyone makes mistakes and he was a great GP but that is a big mistake to make particually seeing as she was about 6 at the time.
14:26 strangely this happened to my dog!
The fuck is the wild delay
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Most ever time I go
Not first
Wow im really early
wow this youtuber did not check their work... terrible video. Was this done by a 5-year-old?
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mr naenae u were actually 1st
All these doctors needs to have their licenses revoked! 😡
Yes, twice. The syndrome is called Alstrom syndrome, it’s so rare that it gets misdiagnosed all the time. No, literally, ask any of us how many times we were diagnosed, most in the community will say at least once, unless of course they were near a good research center or teaching hospital that knew of the existence of the syndrome and knew as a new quantity. Most get diagnosed as young as preschool age, however, that if all the symptoms do is supposed to, which is to say avalanche. No, mine came on so gradually that no one knew to look for them. First I was about, I want to say roughly 6 months old, at least under the age 2, given the diagnosis of achromatopsia, in short, no cone function, we don’t know if they just don’t want to work or functionally can’t and I frankly don’t care. The heart was relatively stable, specially after what happened to me at nine months, with new information we think it’s either unrelated or a very rare complication. I ended up having a UTI, which should’ve been a red flag, but the other problem is a lot of symptoms are very subtle, if the larger symptoms don’t show up alongside it, doctors miss it. The second diagnosed was given when I was about 12, I had started to develop cataracts, they are now about the size of a grape, at least that’s what I was told my last eye exam a few years ago They gave me a diagnosis, general and Rosa, Lefer to LCA. Thought hearing was unrelated. I think you know about LCA is that some variance have Jean therapies, therefore there is a viable treatment. I went back when I was 21, age 12 is roughly 2007, so, add nine years, and you’ll figure out what year that was. When they first day notice me, my blood did not produce a match, however, I knew that research in medicine to make Moonlanding style leaps and short periods. I had gone back to my ophthalmologist to see if more research has been done, and therefore whether my blood was a gene match And extension, whether or not there could actually be a treatment for me. I was still registered under pediatrics at this time, and therefore had nemesis, who literally ran my optimist down in the hallway and said I think she has this. Or at least, that’s what she told me, after asking me 1001 questions, which I answered, no, should I? I had no idea what to look for. It is officially been eight years since the diagnosis, I was kind of surprised and a bit different. My first questions were does have a cure? Is there a treatment? Answer the first was no, answer the second is Debatable. You can treat the symptoms, you cannot treat the root, because we have no idea how to treat the root without messing up something else. Just like that. Mom wasn’t phased, apparently she’s been talking lady who did all the research on the syndrome, don’t ask how, so this was on her radar as a known quantity. I didn’t have the cardiomyopathy at the time, so she wasn’t certain whether or not I had it. My dad is still in denial, at times ashamed stepfather is angry that he did not diagnose himself when he is in GP and geriatrics, not pediatrics where this is normally found. Oh, and being diagnosed at that late stage is not entirely uncommon, met a British woman who was not diagnosed until she was 26. The best way to describe it is the medical definition of Murphy’s Law. It is not a matter of if, it is a matter of when and how bad. Best advice to those who do have this? And not panicking, because of the “emotional and energetic age of your children, medically, fluent, it is the best way I know of of being able to advocate for yourself and, if you have children with us, your child. Being that I am functionally blind from this condition I use dictation for everything when I’m not typing it out myself on my computer with a screen reader equipped so I ask you to please pardon any and all errors dictation has made and use your brain and context clues for the chemistry formula, but this will inevitably become