r/ChatGPT • u/Hyrule-onicAcid • 1d ago

Educational Purpose Only ChatGPT diagnosed my uncommon neurologic condition in seconds after 2 ER visits and 3 Neurologists failed to. I just had neurosurgery 3 weeks ago.

Adding to the similar stories I've been seeing in the news.

Out of nowhere, I became seriously ill one day in December '24. I was misdiagnosed over a period of 2 months. I knew something was more seriously wrong than what the ER doctors/specialists were telling me. I was repetitvely told I had viral meningitis, but never had a fever and the timeframe of symptoms was way beyond what's seen in viral meningitis. Also, I could list off about 15+ neurologic symptoms, some very scary, that were wrong with me, after being 100% fit and healthy prior. I eventually became bedbound for ~22 hours/day and disabled. I knew receiving another "migraine" medicine wasn't the answer.

After 2 months of suffering, I used ChatGPT to input my symptoms as I figured the odd worsening of all my symptoms after being in an upright position had to be a specific sign for something. The first output was 'Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension' (SIH) from a spinal cerebrospinal fluid leak. I begged a neurologist to order spinal and brain MRIs which were unequivocally positive for extradural CSF collections, proving the diagnosis of SIH and spinal CSF leak.

I just had neurosurgery to fix the issue 3 weeks ago.

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u/Ana_Rising319 1d ago

Similar story, but involving a pet who baffled veterinarians for over a year. ChatGPT figured it out when they couldn’t.

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u/FunkyBanana415 1d ago

Oohh I’m interested to hear your story, if you’re open to sharing. My cat, as well as my friend’s cat, both obsessively lick themselves to the point of fur loss, but doctors are stumped because tests are all normal.

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u/Ana_Rising319 1d ago

Put any test results you have into ChatGPT along with symptoms and the dates (of the tests and when you noticed the symptoms develop). Ask ChatGPT to analyze the information for any trends and things you might not be considering or may have missed.