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The lady with the child with chronic pain, for example. But several others as well. And, because addicts are bad for all of society...and especially when it's a teen or young adult addict I think the family's involvement in preventing, mitigating, dealing with, and solving the problem are huge - and it's clear that people with the adoremenrioned attitudes are not stepping up to do so [/quote]

So here's the lady with the chronic pain child.

Do I blame doctors for not taking the pain seriously?  Yes I do.  Do I blame them for saying it was all in her head after a one minute examination?  Yes I do.  Because if they had taken it seriously pain relief would not have been an issue because they would have been addressing it.  Do I blame doctors for child making bizarre choice to self medicate with heroin when child didn't even drink (and still doesn't to this day)?  No.  However, doctors need to understand that when they deny a child's pain they are putting that child at risk of illegal drug use.

Guess what the major factor was in child's recovery? A doctor who actually spent time examining child and made a diagnosis--and a real disorder, not something like fibromyalgia.  There is nothing I could have done to prevent the illness.  I suppose I could have yelled and screamed at doctors who blew child off, but not really in my nature.  And there is nothing more I could have done to search for a diagnosis--I spent untold hours researching and took child to doctor after doctor pursuing the problem--dozens of them.

Forgive me if I think it's a bit misplaced to pigeon hole me as an uninvolved mother who should be blaming her child's addiction on her poor parenting.
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Maybe also don't pigeon hole people with fibromyalgia as suffering from a fake disorder?[/quote]

Fibromyalgia can be a real disorder but it is widely known that it is a favorite throwaway diagnosis by doctors.[/quote]

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