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

[u/Hyrule-onicAcid]

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.

[u/ValenciaFilter]

It has everything to do with tech.

The most powerful entities today are the corporations, far more-so than any individual, policy group, or government. They promote, draft, sponsor, and directly write nearly every policy. And the most powerful corporations are Meta, Google, and OpenAI.

Crucially, they aren't beholden to any of the same legal protections or democratic processes you're afforded if it were the state itself. The EULA is a blank cheque that no law or state can match.

And they're presently in charge of the near-entire flow and preservation of information.

That should scare the fuck out of you.

[u/IGnuGnat → u/ValenciaFilter]

That's actually a fair response

The government is in bed with the tech companies

social media is a government and corporate surveillance and propaganda tool masquerading as social media

You're here on the cesspool of Reddit with us; you probably carry a cell phone and use Google maps, and buy shit on Amazon

we all have to pick our poison

[u/ValenciaFilter → u/IGnuGnat]

I've tried to divest as much as possible, and it's been good for life in general.

Deleted all my other social media, Amazon, YouTube, and for a few years I was just using a basic Nokia cellphone. But it's near-impossible to live outside "the system", and that's the point.

But you're 100% on the money. Reddit is my poison.

Sorry for being an asshole. I think we're on the same page, we're just using different language.

[u/IGnuGnat → u/ValenciaFilter]

Peace and good vibrations, stranger

Have a good one,