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It seems to me like the whole medical profession is a big celebration of having an ego problem. Some doctors carry themselves with so much hubris it's hard to imagine some of them making ANY rational decisions at all, and all their processes, right down to how medical records are kept, seem geared around expecting obedience from the patient without revealing enough details for scrutiny to be applied.

Compare that against professions like engineering where a few notorious failures have led to the presence of cognitive biases in decision making being at least acknowledged to a degree.

It seems to me like the whole medical profession is a big celebration of having an ego problem. Some doctors carry themselves with so much hubris it's hard to imagine some of them making ANY rational decisions at all, and all their processes, right down to how medical records are kept, seem geared around expecting obedience from the patient without revealing enough details for scrutiny to be applied. Compare that against professions like engineering where a few notorious failures have led to the presence of cognitive biases in decision making being at least acknowledged to a degree.

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[–] • 1 pt

I know the feeling. I had a viral inner ear infection once that caused debilitating tinnitus (imagine post-explosion ringing coupled with dental drills inside your head 24/7). After a week of poor sleep and another week of <1 hour of sleep per night, I started taking my spouse to medical appointments because I sounded like a drunken Alzheimers patient.

I'm glad you got your sleep sorted. It's a night and day difference to go from poor/no sleep to a solid night's sleep.

[–] • 0 pt

Full on tinnitus sounds really grim, I'm only aware of a faint whine if I listen for it. I wish I could go back in time and tell that stupid kid not to stick his head inside rock band's bass bins.

[–] • 1 pt

Fortunately my tinnitus was temporary and faded as I recovered from that viral infection. I don't understand how people with full blown "you're not going to sleep ever" tinnitus survive - you'd be looking at permanent surgical deafness, insanity, or playing in traffic as equally attractive options inside of a month.