MCS is Not an Anxiety Disorder: Dr. Eleanor Stein

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The title of this episode is "MCS is Not an Anxiety Disorder." It features a conversation with Dr. Eleanor Stein.
Dr. Stein is a a psychiatrist and psychotherapist with an appointment in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Calgary in the Faculty of Medicine.
For over 20 years, she has been intensively learning about diagnosis and management of Environmental Sensitivities or MCS, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), and Fibromyalgia (FM).
Dr. Stein’s goal is that everyone with these conditions receive effective and respectful treatment within the public health care system.

She is one of a small number of experienced clinicians for these illnesses in Canada and is involved with two research teams providing clinical expertise.
Her manual “Let Your Light Shine Through: Strategies for living with ME/CFS, FM and MCS” guides patients and clinicians through managing the symptoms of these conditions. Dr. Stein also offers self-management education online through the Pathways to Improvement course.
More information about Dr. Stein and her practice can be found at www.eleanorsteinmd.ca

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1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. MCS will only be researched when drugs are developed to treat it. (00:00:00)

3. More research about MCS will depend on the creation of pharmacological drugs to treat it. (00:00:00)

4. Aaron asks Dr. Stein if she can briefly explain MCS. (00:02:20)

5. Difficulties 'curing' oneself of the illness in urban environments. (00:04:42)

6. Dr. Stein discusses her personal experience with MCS. (00:05:44)

7. Is MCS a genetic illness? (00:06:36)

8. Prevalence of MCS in the so-called developed world. (00:08:12)

9. Is MCS an anxiety disorder? Dr. Stein says it is definitely not. (00:09:56)

10. Impacts of misdiagnosis and dismissal by medical professionals. (00:13:57)

11. MCS will only be researched when drugs are developed to treat it. (00:16:24)

12. Neuroplasticity. (00:18:09)

13. Challenges for people with MCS finding appropriate and helpful medical care. (00:20:42)

14. Nobody with MCS has been cured by taking anti-anxiety medication. (00:22:56)

15. Could chemicals in the environment create an anxiety response in the brain of someone with MCS? (00:25:21)

16. The need for more research about MCS. (00:29:07)

17. Conclusion. (00:31:18)