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Self-diagnosis is valid if it helps you (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Considering how much medication can help, uh, yeah, do those things. Its a trivial inconvenience compared to living unmedicated.

Also 5k is a lot, maybe if you're uninsured? Hell, getting an uninsured MRI is cheaper than that. And health insurance is kind of a must for living with a disability.

Don't like sentiments like this. I feel like it prevents people from getting the help they need.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The author is not saying don't get self-diagnosed. They're criticizing the healthcare system.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I agree with you, however I want to mention (for the international crowd) that health insurance is insanely expensive. If you are disabled and can't work (and live in a red state) you are fucked unless you have family who can help. No job = no subsidies for ACA insurance as well.

(Red state = right wing/Republican; ACA insurance is the government subsidized insurance that Obama started)