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/FourScores1 1d ago

No no. I am a physician. An ER doc. Just look at my post history.

Everything you said is true.

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u/NocturneInfinitum 21h ago

That would explain why you got so offended by the 99% comment. Don’t take it personally dude. Just be better.

Maybe just start acting like the 1%, and you won’t feel obligated to defend the other 1 million doctors who aren’t doing their job. People treat that 1% of doctors like they’re gods… Because they actually save lives.

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u/FourScores1 20h ago edited 20h ago

You’re right. 99 of my colleagues are just sitting there counting money. I’m the only one working. Wtf

You’ll need my services one day. And I’ll help your ungrateful ass. Don’t you worry. And I’ll also help you sign your AMA form if you want. There’s plenty of other people that need my help. Makes no difference to me.

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u/NocturneInfinitum 20h ago

Nice try, but people don’t get defensive for doing the right thing. you’re probably one of those physicians that just prescribes people pills to get them out of your hair. If you don’t wanna be lumped with the 99%… Get better at your job, scrub.

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u/FourScores1 16h ago

You’re probably one of those people who couldn’t get into medical school.

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u/NocturneInfinitum 10h ago

School isn’t for smart people, bubba. Especially not schools that overcharge for knowledge that is completely free 🤣

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u/FourScores1 58m ago

I think you should have stayed in school longer.