Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

uppityperson

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6. I went to CDC and read what was there also. And Mayo, 1 of my favorite med sites.

Sun May 6, 2012, 03:16 PM

May 2012

My take is it is a broadly applied diagnosis that covers a lot of different things. Provable skin issues to psych issues. Like schizophrenia used to be broadly used for every psych condition that didn't fit a few things, but now has been more clearly defined and those other "misc" psych things now have their own diagnoses also.

And like fm, cf, used inappropriately in many cases. Not provable, used too broadly = wtf sort of thing.

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The Worst Things For Sale: Morgellons Spray Treatment [View all] semillama Apr 2012 OP

Damn...why didn't I think of that? laconicsax Apr 2012 #1

Because most people are too ethical to rip off mentally ill people. Odin2005 May 2012 #8

But, but, but... EvolveOrConvolve May 2012 #9

What a deal! Selling something to cure a disease that MineralMan Apr 2012 #2

The disease being called Morgellons is not delusional. DragonTat2 May 2012 #3

that is interesting, thank you. uppityperson May 2012 #4

Here's some more reading Paulie May 2012 #5

I went to CDC and read what was there also. And Mayo, 1 of my favorite med sites. uppityperson May 2012 #6

"I have it. I know it is not delusional" jberryhill Jun 2012 #10

Not so fast. HuckleB Jun 2012 #12

Ah, but those authors don't *have* Morgellons. laconicsax Jun 2012 #13

Schizophrenics think the voices in thead head are real, too. Odin2005 Jun 2012 #14

Taking advantage of the mentally ill is nothing new. Odin2005 May 2012 #7

That sounds like a horrible condition Marrah_G Jun 2012 #11