sudden evening email from my doctor, disability claims wants to know how my symptoms have evolved if at all and asked the dr for a report. this is probably a good sign that they’re moving towards the pension after over 6 months with no news.
She emailed to ask since I haven’t seen her in a while, and I started a draft but I’m nauseating like van damme in front of a john wu script (idk) right now.
but still you gotta do what you gotta do. can’t really ignore this. so i loaded up deepseek, sent it my draft, explained the situation. it made a full email out of it tailored for doctor speak, so that she gets the right details immediately.
some more back and forth and it’s literally perfect. A bit long but she’s a doctor she’s used to it. It contains everything she needs to know since our last consultation without falling into disability claims traps, like on the psychological state (im doing fine psychologically, just living day by day yknow. but we wouldn’t want the claims office to think “oh so he’s not depressed? let’s get him back to work”)
I’m probably overthinking it but my philosophy is the better the info they get, the faster we get around to finally putting that thing to rest and moving on.
I’ll have to get an appointment in person soon but last time I went to see my dr she said she doesn’t really have more ideas so I figure it’s not urgent. But with this document I’ll probably give them a call tomorrow.
deepseek is a decent LLM in my opinion…good seeing it being used for good things
In my experience, Deepseek and Qwen are very useful compared to the Amerislop counterparts. I use them for thought organizing mostly, and they help a lot.
For my python coding I just use Qwen for at least six months now and it works very well. But now with the new Deepseek release I’m trying to use it for other things too.
I did a bit of Vibe coding with DS the other day and it has gotten way better than the last time I used it.
I’m glad you are having some forward movement on your disability claim.
thank you comrade, you’ve always commented under my posts. I’m looking at potential causes again with deepseek, it’s really good at following the boundaries of the conversation. Of course I only take it as things to bring to my doctor, but I think I now have to explore migraines more seriously and see a neurologist… due to past medical history as a child and teen that could show a link.
The funny thing is conversing with AI reminded me of this medical history that I had as a teen, that I had mostly forgotten. It sees links that doctors might miss because they process information differently, and while I’m still nowhere close to an actual final diagnosis (aside from idiopathic symptoms), at least I have some idea of where to look next.
A gut doctor also told me I had “constant” non-acidic reflux, which was diagnosed so I believe him, and that’s what I was exploring at first. I think now we can definitely consider it maybe a secondary condition but not the main driver of my symptoms. It just doesn’t fit with my triggers and other changes since the PE. We treated SIBO and some problems that I thought were caused by it are coming back.
The 1 million context is a godsend. aside from mixing up minor details in my history the first time I told it (like how my family has a history of thrombosis but my older siblings have never presented with it, it said “siblings have had thrombosis but asymptomatic” which is very minor as it got the gist of it but still funny), it can recall literally anything from the huge conversation I’ve been having with it where I just keep adding new info as I remember it.
it can recall literally anything from the huge conversation I’ve been having with it where I just keep adding new info as I remember it.
A trick I have been using when I use DS is starting from scratch using what I have from a previous session. So in your case I’d ask the current interaction to make a list of all your symptoms, and all the dead ends you’ve gone down, and all the medical history stuff. And then Post that in a new convo to get a fresh opinion.
oh funnily enough i actually ended up doing that, it worked great and gave me a history i can now just copy and paste where needed. I should also send the report to another AI for a second opinion.
edit: I also mentioned in the new conversation to ask any questions needed before answering, it spat out 15 questions that managed to remove some possible links such as OCD.
It seems stuck on POTS that I mentioned in an earlier post, though there is some migraine history and orthostatic intolerance that could fit in too. I did a quick test lying to standing and heart rate jumped up 31 bpm after standing while blood pressure didn’t move, so now I definitely have to mention that to my doctor and get a migraine specialist too because this is textbook POTS. None of my doctors ever mentioned it as a possibility or seemed interested in the migraine history 🫠
Cool!
