the art of self-diagnosis

medical students have been doing it for years, often inaccurately, thus providing many an anecdote to giggle about.
however, with the increasing availability of information (which in some ways is a good thing), the general public have also gotten on the self-diagnosis bandwagon.
there are good sites, there are bad sites, and there are unbelievebly awful-evil-money-grabbing sites. it can sometimes be difficult for the untrained eye to tell them apart. plus, there is always that personal bias which comes attached to self-diagnosis : 'knowing my luck, its got to be the worst possible thing that could possibly happen. oh dear...'.
take everything with a tonne of salt, have a dialogue with your doctor, and use information responsibly.