I see you are here in the USA. Something you might not be aware of...

As of 2013 there is no dissociative disorder called DDNOS so its ok that you do not accept that disorder

short version in 2013 amerca switched over to a new way of doing things. one of those new ways is that the American psychiatric association took all existing mental disorders and changed some of them, threw out some of them and made a new list of what mental disorders are, what defines that mental disorder and what diagnostics are used.

in reference to DDNOS they threw out that mental disorder, split up all that was DDNOS and added those symptoms\diagnostics to other mental disorders, and what didnt fit in with depression, PTSD, and many other mental disorders including dissociative disorders they made two new dissociative disorders called OSDD (other Specified Dissociative Disorder) and UDD (unspecified Dissociative Disorder).

on the dissociative fugue Im wondering if they said something like you have dissociative amnesia with the specifier dissociative fugue.

the reason Im wondering this is because with the new diagnostics america now uses there is no separate diagnosis called dissociative fugue. what used to be called dissociative fugue is now listed as a specifier for having dissociative amnesia. hard to understand but short version when someone has the symptom of losing time thats called dissociative amnesia. but when diagnosing dissociative amnesia treatment providers have to say whether that persons dissociative amnesia .....includes ....having times when they forget important information and wander around with out remember where they have gone.

the new diagnostics looks like this in me...when under stress I dissociate, I dont always remember what I am doing. sometimes people can talk to me about an important meeting or event and I wont remember what happened. (thats dissociative amnesia) but along with this sometimes I will go someplace and not remember even going or I will become aware and find I am someplace I dont remember getting there. (this is dissociative fugue.) now lets add a treatment provider filling out the files... question on form what mental disorder does this patient have...answer dissociative amnesia. question if this is a mental disorder with a specifier what specifier does this patient have....dissociative fugue.

complete diagnosis....dissociative amnesia with specifier dissociative fugue.

you can find the new version of what america now goes by for dissociative disorders (including specifiers) in my link at the bottom of my post. keep in mind that what is included in my link is not the complete write up on these mental disorders. besides what you find in my link, there are 5 more pages of information that I did not include in my post that describes in more detail about each of these mental disorders, and diagnostics. for the full version you will need to visit your library's reference department or have your treatment provider show you the information.

as for having to admit you have dissociative disorders in order to get better...um I know many people who do not accept diagnostic labels of many kinds and they still get better. treatment of mental disorders here in america does not depend upon whether someone accepts they have a mental disorder labeling or not. it depends upon what their problems are and learning how to take care of those problems....

example a person can refuse the diagnosis of DID but still work on their symptoms of losing time and unstability by learning tools like grounding, relaxation, stress relief, and other tools to help stabilize their triggers that are causing them to have the time loss and such.

short version is diagnostic labels just puts a name on whats already been happening. it doesnt change anything nothing that hasnt already been happening is going to happen after you get that label.

my opinion is so what you dont accept diagnostic labels. its no big deal. the diagnostic labeling doesnt define who you are as a person, it just tells treatment providers what mental disorder you have so that they can offer you the correct treatment plans. and the insurance companies will pay your treatment bills.

it is perfectly ok to tell a treatment provider "I dont want to know what this is called I just want help with things so that I dont lose time so often and things get better what kinds of things can I do so I dont lose track of time?" or what ever other questions\help you do want. A treatment provider is not going to know you do not like being labeled, dont accept diagnostic labeling and just want help with your symptoms unless you tell them.

one important thing to know is that now with the new diagnostic process america goes by, having parts of self inside you that do not have names does not necessarily mean you have DID.

my suggestion go according to what ever your treatment providers have said your problems are. because one of the diagnostics for DID is that the problem can not be better explained by another mental disorder. since they diagnosed you dissociative fugue this knocks out the diagnosis of DID because your treatment providers have decided that your problems are better explained by dissociative fugue.

that said if you decide some day you want to know what your mental disorders are because you dont accept what they say you have, you can ask for a new psychiatric evaluation which is a testing process that tests for all mental\physical and learning disorders recognized here in the USA.