Doctors coming up with new conditions

[ApotheosisIV]

A lot of people just have mental retardation. Made up labels make them feel special. Diagnose them early, oldskool style

[ALLDAYGLOWRANDY]

Tardspgi

[Natalia Evans]

Some doctors have made up a name for adult babies. Adult Baby syndrome. I've seen it at a few places online.


What about a name for diaper lovers? Diaperphilia. I just made that up. A few doctors have actually made it a condtion 

[El]

New conditions=new drugs=more $$$

Basically.

[ApotheosisIV]

New conditions=new drugs=more $$$

Basically.

the drugs come before the conditions nowadays though

[El]

New conditions=new drugs=more $$$

Basically.

the drugs come before the conditions nowadays though

"This seems to not kill people and makes some feel better.  Let's figure out the difference between pre-drug and post-drug, call it a deficiency, describe a syndrome this deficiency causes, and say that our drug cures it."

[ALLDAYGLOWRANDY]

Hornyism

[DirtDawg]

Here's a good one:

Layoff Survivor Syndrome


Organizational psychologists call it “layoff survivor syndrome,” the collection of emotional, psychological and physical reactions long documented in workers who remain on the job. Being left behind, they say, can sometimes be as distressing as being let go.

“In fact, the survivors are also victims,” said Harold G. Kaufman, a professor of management and director of the organizational behavior program at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University.

Like people who escape harm when others are hurt in a natural disaster or terrible accident, employees who keep their jobs in downturn often feel guilty, said Mitchell Marks, an associate professor of management at the San Francisco State University College of business.


“It’s exactly as when you lose a good friend or a sibling,” he said. “You feel responsible in some way.”

That feeling is exacerbated by the typically random nature of layoffs, he said. If an employee is fired for cause, another worker can rationalize that he or she deserved it. But when a layoff of an equally qualified peer occurs, it sends the person left behind reeling.

“That’s psychologically troubling,” said Marks “You’re waiting for the other shoe to drop. You feel like you can’t control your fate.”

At the same time, the lingering uncertainty leaves many workers feeling anxious, depressed, angry — and physically ill, according to experts who have monitored previous downturns.

“You’ll get a lot of people that clearly identify that they’re having more physical symptoms: stomach aches, colds, more illness. Their immune system is down,” said Jodi Prohofsky, senior vice president for CIGNA Health Solutions, which provides employee assistance programs for more than 1,000 national firms.

[Pyraxis]

 

My nose is running, I must be a victim of LSS.

[SovaNu]

Lucky in Life Syndrome or LLS

when bad things only happen to other people, these lucky mutts wonder why not them? and when will karma catch up in a horrifying way? well fear not gladstone ganders, all you have to do is take this pill that causes liver failure! or simply take up smoking/drinking and/or gambling! no more waiting nervously for your turn.

[Natalia Evans]

When will they come up with smoke addiction syndrome? What about drug addiction syndrome too? 

[SovaNu]

  yeah

[Peter]

I have stimulant deficiency syndrome.

[SovaNu]

i have valium deficiency syndrome and amphetamine decifiency syndrome, rolled into one it's called speedball deficiency syndrome or SDS

[El]

When will they come up with smoke addiction syndrome? What about drug addiction syndrome too? 

They do have that, hon, just phrased differently.