I was a hypochondriac for decades. I was eventually cured after decades of cropping hypochondria through self-diagnosis of the actual medical condition I had that became formal diagnosis eventually resulting in treatment through some modest lifestyle changes.

I'm a BIG supporter of using things like ChatGPT, google, and sci-hub to do your own medical research because the whole system where some physician diagnoses you based on an extremely limited amount of data collected in a haphazard manner after a few minutes of observation because he's experienced and smart or whatever is incredibly dumb. The way people hold it up as the ethical standard which we cannot deviate from because it would be too dangerous is utterly baffling to me. The status quo totally lacks ethics and mostly serves to line the pockets of a cartel of doctors with a monopoly on access to medication and treatment who often condescendingly think patients are simply too irrational to treat themselves without their help.

I legitimately cannot wait for this field to mature and medical self-help with AI assistance becomes the norm.