Todd - Here's emmy's personal philosophy of diagnoses. It's pretty rare that someone fits a single diagnosis completely 100%. It's more accurate to say we are maybe 3/4 of a cup of this and a tablespoon of that and a teaspoon of something else.

You can click on the "disorders" button up on top of this screen and read about all of them. The list of disorders are not solid rules for diagnosing...sorta more like guidelines. What I'm trying to get at here, is that the label is just not all that important. I know it's sometimes comforting to say, Ah HA! That's what I have!! But it's also sometimes misleading.

For instance, if I said, Hey Todd, you have Schizophrenia, Disorganized Type, you could go look that up and begin to believe that about yourself. You might even change your behavior accordingly. Yikes.

That's why I prefer to just think about the symptoms in your life which get in the way of you improving your life. Work on those. Make a list of what your goals are, like finishing school, getting along better at home, etc. Then list what makes that harder for you. Those are the things to work on. To heck with what your diagnosis is. We'll care about you and help you achieve those goals whether your diagnosis is Poohbear or Grasshopper!

There....more than you EVER wanted to know about emmy's philosophy on diagnoses!!

Aren't you sorry you asked? Oh yeah, you didn't ask....

emmy