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That positively adjusted PCS appears to have been written by someone who has led a charmed life, has never felt pain, and has never even stubbed their toe. If I saw a doctor or therapist who asked me those questions I would probably get up and leave because I would assume the person was making...

From your final quote : This idea fails logically in the case of endometriosis. If nociplastic pain occurs in conditions in which tissue damage is non-existent or not visible then how can surgeons ever declare that they have found "very severe endometriosis", and what makes that different from...

Which of the links above did this reference to "nociplastic" pain come from?

Another couple of articles in the same series - "The pain that can't be seen", one of which is about ME/CFS What is chronic pain and how does it work? – video explainer ‘I felt betrayed’: how Covid research could help patients living with chronic fatigue syndrome The entire series of...

All that the author is telling me in that link is that she despises patients. But it also tells me that, when patients feel ill, physically or mentally, they desperately want to know what is wrong with them, and I think this is entirely understandable and reasonable but doctors, and society...

Thanks, @Kalliope

@Kalliope Who is that man in the video in post #845? I checked out his channel but he doesn't answer the question directly in the "About" section of his channel, he tells people to go and watch one of his videos without answering the question. https://youtu.be/FULycGPmN18

Women with endometriosis plus many other common gynaecological problems. Articles with titles like this one get published on the subject : https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/mar/22/do-mad-people-get-endometriosis-or-does-endo-make-you-mad Edit : Missed out a word.

That is a really good comparison to use when telling people people are being told their lived experience of poor health is "wrong", and it could be useful in future. Thanks. Edit : I managed to confuse myself...

Perhaps it is just me then. It seems to me that a huge percentage of people I come across online or in real life are on anti-depressants or whose doctors have blamed their symptoms for many different medical conditions on mental illness. It is rare for patients to ever be taken at face value and...

My bold : I must admit I don't actually believe that there are so many psychologically or mentally ill people around as BPSers want us to believe. When I was growing up there were a very few people I met who were considered to be "a bit odd". I suppose society and people have changed in my...

Since the condition is progressive (it slowly destroys the thyroid) you should ask for your thyroid to be re-tested once a year or once every two years. Having just TSH tested is not enough to exclude thyroid disease - you would need to have Free T4 and Free T3 tested as well.

Could your problem be myxedema (US spelling, or myxoedema UK spelling)? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myxedema The swelling in hypothyroidism or other forms of thyroid disease is neither water nor fat - it is mucin. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mucin...

Wow. Impressed by the RCP I am NOT! How many years have they been ignoring patients on this subject, I wonder?

BIPOC = Black, Indigenous, (and) People of Colour is one possibility I found.

I've never understood why temporomandibular disorder is considered to be a "central sensitivity" issue or a "functional pain syndrome". Why are jaw and facial muscles and nerves not allowed to become inflamed without blaming the patient in some way?

Thank you for mentioning that, it's reassuring. I was thinking silly things like "Am I fat enough for the longer needles?" "Will they touch bone and really hurt?" "Could they poke me in major arteries by mistake?" :D

For people who are overweight or obese this article on vaccination is important to know - not just for Covid but any future vaccination you might get. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jun/14/even-when-getting-vaccinated-against-covid-fatphobia-runs-rampant I am curious about...

In post #2 above I mentioned the Twitter thread that I got the link from for this particular thread. I just went back and looked at some more of that Twitter thread and came across this - it's jaw-dropping!

I should point out that I found my way to the above paper via this tweet : And from that Twitter thread I got to this blog post, which is really quite funny : https://eathropology.com/2013/11/15/make-me-some-science-i-cant-refuse/