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Old Apr 30, 2016, 06:19 PM
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Originally Posted by awkwardlyyours View Post
If it helps, I asked my T (after many months) if she gave a diagnosis to my insurance company -- she hemmed and hawed and finally said the same thing as yours (adjustment disorder). She said it's a low level diagnosis and she uses it to keep the bar as low as possible while also meeting insurance criteria.

I was super relieved -- from all that I've read on the interwebs, it's what's most commonly used by T's to get stuff through insurance (and insurance companies know this as well -- so, they know it's not a "real" diagnosis).

ETA: She said the only time it would be changed if someone was on meds, in which case that diagnosis would go in to insurance.
Thanks for sharing that! That's good to know. When I first started seeing her, it was major depressive disorder (clinical depression) and you're right, that came from the pdoc I was seeing at the time and while I was on meds. I've been off meds for 3 years this month and haven't seen pdoc since i went off them with his blessing.
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