do you google your symptoms?

[Sho]

a few months back my thumb and forefinger were completely numb for weeks and it got to the point where i couldn't even turn handles to open doors or hold up pencils since i had no feeling in them. i decided to google what it could be and it said it was a sign of multiple sclerosis so i freaked out eventually went to doctors and turns out it was just a trapped nerve

i still do it now though which is stupid

anyone else do it or have done it?

[lawrawrrr]

a few months back my thumb and forefinger were completely numb for weeks and it got to the point where i couldn't even turn handles to open doors or hold up pencils since i had no feeling in them. i decided to google what it could be and it said it was a sign of multiple sclerosis so i freaked out eventually went to doctors and turns out it was just a trapped nerve

i still do it now though which is stupid

anyone else do it or have done it?

YES its like the worst thing in making you paranoid


HOWEVER it's good for just like, getting an idea? I correctly diagnosed myself with temporo-mandibular joint dysfunction and mumps (even though I thought I was being paranoid). It's really useful if you wanna try out some homeopathic remedies first just in case it isnt something really bad (which a lot of the time google will tell you is the case!!)


But it's just like so important if you think these things are true to go to the docs?

[Reality]

Yeh I did and like laura it made me so paranoid about the possibilities on the things it could be but I correctly diagnosed myself with Osgood-Schlatter.

I think when you Google something like this you get such random results for the smallest of things which probably aren't related to u but then you're like o wait but like 4 months ago i had that or like o yeh like 2 years ago that happened as well so I think u def get paranoid but should def go to a local GP or Doctor.

[Sho]

YES its like the worst thing in making you paranoid


HOWEVER it's good for just like, getting an idea? I correctly diagnosed myself with temporo-mandibular joint dysfunction and mumps (even though I thought I was being paranoid). It's really useful if you wanna try out some homeopathic remedies first just in case it isnt something really bad (which a lot of the time google will tell you is the case!!)


But it's just like so important if you think these things are true to go to the docs?

i've only once correctly diagnosed myself and that was about 4 years ago. was losing a lot of hair and i saw that thyroid problems was a possible cause. looked into it and i had all the symptoms of an underactive thyroid and when i went to doctors he confirmed it

i always end up really paranoid though. my friend once googled one and it said it was a sign of a stroke. can't remember what it actually was now but it was nothing big at all lmao

[Absently]

yeah all the time. i usually hate going to the doctor cus i feel like im wasting their time with all the little issues that i have so i would rather just see what the possibility is and if ill be okay. when i was getting my migraines really bad and suffering from all the dizziness the other week the internet made me aware it was probably vertigo, which it was so i popped myself to the doctors. think it's nice and helpful to give you an idea and check your symtpoms.

[scottish]

no because you'll have cancer every time.

[lawrawrrr]

i've only once correctly diagnosed myself and that was about 4 years ago. was losing a lot of hair and i saw that thyroid problems was a possible cause. looked into it and i had all the symptoms of an underactive thyroid and when i went to doctors he confirmed it

i always end up really paranoid though. my friend once googled one and it said it was a sign of a stroke. can't remember what it actually was now but it was nothing big at all lmao

it honestly depends what kinda person you are if its a good idea really, if you're someone who's likely to get like completely hung up and panic then its maybe not the best idea in the world!

but like I said as an ADVISORY tool its not the worst in the world and helps doctors at times?

but on the other other hand I do know people who have looked up a disease and faked the other symptoms to getthe right diagnosis and drugs from the doc which is really bad...

[Sho]

this girl that i used to go to school with tried to convince the doctor she had depression when really she'd just googled the symptoms and gone in claiming she had them all. she was hoping that being diagnosed with it would save her from doing her exam the next say

[Chris]

Yeah but I know its a bad thing to do. Thankfully most of the time a self diagnosis from googling is wrong.

[Cerys]

Uhh yeah I occasionally use them symptom checkers but 99% of the time I dont take any notice from them