This is a good idea. Perhaps the character could be a journalist of sorts and she begins to "investigate" support groups, doctors, and other individuals who suffer the same ailment. Through that process she gains better understanding of herself.

This may fall into the cliche area though.

If you wanted to go a darker route you could (after having done all this research) have her have a breakdown and retreat into her own mind where she takes all that she has learned and "cures" herself.