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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 84296" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Heather, despite what it may seem, I do agree that CFS & fibro are (or should be) seen as separate conditions. The trouble is, when a doctor is facing a patient a lot of other factors come into why they give you the label they do (assuming they DO give you a label) and too often I've seen these terms used interchangeably and incorrectly. One doctor I encountered would diagnose just about EVERY patient who went to him, with hypoglycemia. They would emerge from his surgery as if through a revolving door, each clutching their information brochure and a bottle of glycerin which they were supposed to sip. And because I'd counselled a lot of these people (and given them this doctor's name, for my sins - I learned!) I heard all about it when they called me back. A number of those patients also called me back months later, when finally given a more valid diagnosis. </p><p>Not that hypoglycemia isn't valid - but like fibromyalgia in some areas, CFS in other areas, it can be misdiagnosed and over diagnosed as the latest local 'fashion', often leaving a really desperate patient without the appropriate answers the need.</p><p></p><p>Fibromyalgia IS also a symptom of a few other disorders but its description is far more precise than CFS. You CAN have fibro as a symptom of CFS, but it is here where we are getting to the imprecise nature of medical science - that's why it's called practicing medicine. And some of them never do get enough practice to be good at it!</p><p></p><p>But yes, brain fog can be found in a number of conditions, often associated with auto-immune factors.</p><p></p><p>I learned to get good at using a diary and notepad. Life isn't fair; we live with what we have do and do the best we can with what we've got. What more can we do?</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 84296, member: 1991"] Heather, despite what it may seem, I do agree that CFS & fibro are (or should be) seen as separate conditions. The trouble is, when a doctor is facing a patient a lot of other factors come into why they give you the label they do (assuming they DO give you a label) and too often I've seen these terms used interchangeably and incorrectly. One doctor I encountered would diagnose just about EVERY patient who went to him, with hypoglycemia. They would emerge from his surgery as if through a revolving door, each clutching their information brochure and a bottle of glycerin which they were supposed to sip. And because I'd counselled a lot of these people (and given them this doctor's name, for my sins - I learned!) I heard all about it when they called me back. A number of those patients also called me back months later, when finally given a more valid diagnosis. Not that hypoglycemia isn't valid - but like fibromyalgia in some areas, CFS in other areas, it can be misdiagnosed and over diagnosed as the latest local 'fashion', often leaving a really desperate patient without the appropriate answers the need. Fibromyalgia IS also a symptom of a few other disorders but its description is far more precise than CFS. You CAN have fibro as a symptom of CFS, but it is here where we are getting to the imprecise nature of medical science - that's why it's called practicing medicine. And some of them never do get enough practice to be good at it! But yes, brain fog can be found in a number of conditions, often associated with auto-immune factors. I learned to get good at using a diary and notepad. Life isn't fair; we live with what we have do and do the best we can with what we've got. What more can we do? Marg [/QUOTE]
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