Re:A Town for People with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
by BlueTemplar on Wednesday September 04, 2019 @04:04AM
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Yeah, for people that might have "forgotten" that - the head is part of the body !
Re:A Town for People with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
by revel on Wednesday September 04, 2019 @04:07AM
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Two quick points of clarification: For a while fibro and empty nose syndrome were considered psychosomatic until physical causes were discovered. I totally agree with you that psychosomatic conditions are not “made up” or “all in your head,” I was trying to convey that the diagnostic criteria revolves around observable traits and behaviors rather than something concrete like a blood test.
My larger point, though, is that CFS is likely not a single disorder and instead is an umbrella diagnosis for several distinct conditions that aren’t well understood (yet).
I don’t actually think we’re in disagreement I think I just worded my post poorly
i very much agree with you that part of this discussion is about the questionable validity and reproducibility of the official diagnostic categories. what i disagree with you about is that anything could be exclusively either physical or psychiatric. that's obviously false.