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[quote=Anonymous]Contributing factor:  More medical doctors playing amateur psychiatrist.  So much easier to say symptoms are caused by stress/anxiety and getting rid of the patient in 5 minutes to meet quotas  instead of doing some work to figure out if something is actually wrong.  This actually increases the numbers of people who think they have anxiety when they don't.

In previous times, doctors actually spent time with patients and took their complaints more seriously.  It's sometimes amazing what a doctor can find if he actually bothers to examine you.  And often when they couldn't find something, they'd give you B12 shots, which actually solved the problem for some as a B12 deficiency can cause anxiety.

Few things are as anxiety producing as feeling truly rotten and being told it's all in your head.

At the same time, I have some sympathy for doctors as there has been a rise in health anxiety owing to much wider dissemination of medical information on the internet, lots more public warnings about cancer and heart conditions and the like.  But there is a big difference between health anxiety and those with undiagnosed real problems and doctors should learn the difference and act accordingly.[/quote]

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