I had a therapist that I thought I could trust. I had seen her before and I decided to go back to her because she deals with sexual abuse victims. Well, she told me that she was sure that I had DID instead of BPD. I thought I would just go along with it just to make her happy. We never worked on what I went back to her for. It was always the “insiders” that she wanted to talk about and deal with. My psych doctor told me that I may have it but that he is a practical doctor and only diagnosis people with things that can be proven by science. Well then he said that he DOES believe that I have dissociative episodes and voices. He also said that I have borderline personality disorder. WHICH I have had since I was 14 years old and I am now 31. I read all the info packets and I am sure most of the books that talk about it and most of them said that a teenager SHOULD not be diagnosed with until they are over 18. That teens and even young adults show signs of it. My old therapist told me that she thinks that BPD is just a catch all and that if they are not sure what you have going on with you that is what they diagnosis you with. A little more info for you is that I was taken away from my Mom and her now ex-husband when I was 12 years old. I was diagnosed with depression at the age of 11 and was put on pills but have been in therapy since I was 7. I live in an adult foster care right now but will be moving out on my own very soon.
I feel that I have nobody in my corner since I quit seeing my old therapist. She would stick up for and so would my last ARHMS worker. Now I am getting a new ARHMS worker and I have one advocate through a sexual assault place and another one through DHS. I have all of these people but I feel like I am always getting into trouble with one or another. Okay I better end this since it is almost two pages…Anyways can anyone relate to me about being misdiagnosed or having conflicting caregivers? Thanks, LA-ML