Sentence:  Her attitude to L-DOPA became one of detached and humorous resignation, as did her attitude to her own symptoms and disabilities; she ceased to envy the patients who were flying aloft on L-DOPA, or to view with <WSD>identificatory</WSD> terror those patients who had done badly on the drug... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Tending to identify oneself with someone or something; engendering association.