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The Drum / By Karen Tong

Should I google my symptoms? The pros and cons of using the internet to self-diagnose

Martin Ingle says he was "more or less a healthy young man" before he turned 23 and started noticing changes.

"Over the course of a few weeks, I was a firsthand witness to my brain changing," he told The Drum.

As he scoured the internet for answers, he stumbled across a type of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) that he had never heard of but seemed to encompass everything he was experiencing.

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