I was suggesting the diagnosis of &quot;Psychosomatic&quot; was lazy on the doctor&#x27;s part.<p>I went into a doctor&#x27;s office 10 years ago with digestive problems, and the doctor was ready to write me a prescription for anti-depressants within 15 minutes, without a single test run. Visits to gastroenterologists weeks later, and subsequent visits to counselors and psychiatrists were not helpful. I was dealing with gastroparesis, which is often not diagnosed correctly. Doctors instead suggest the patient has an eating disorder or blame it on anxiety.<p>The truth is, there are a lot of uncaring shitty doctors out there. If you&#x27;re on the fringe and don&#x27;t fall into the DSM, good luck. You absolutely have to advocate for your health, because often your doctor isn&#x27;t going to. At least in the U.S., most doctors aren&#x27;t going to walk you through the process to get setup with CBT, and your health insurance may consider it a mental health treatment, which has additional limitations on it. If you combine being skeptical that your doctor is using mental health as a cop out, and then it&#x27;s a pain in the ass to get started, you&#x27;re going to be more resistant to it.<p>It&#x27;s great CBT works for some CFS patients, just like mindful meditation works for some people with chronic pain, but in no way should it be treated like a cure or a reason to stop researching it, just like we&#x27;re not going to treat meditation as a cure for chronic pain.