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Old Jan 12, 2018, 09:07 AM
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Peaches.... Im having one of those weeks where my perceptions are a bit off so I went back and reread some of your past posts..... some of them have statements that your treatment providers have mentioned or diagnosed you with DID in the past and have made comments according to your posts like.. you are half way between normal and DID and other references to DID by your treatment providers....

reason I point this out is you put the "shocked" emoji on your title.... it may seem shocking to be told this but you might want to take a moment and breath and reread your past posts. they may help you get past the shocked- ness of this. reading my past posts sometimes helps to ground me in the reality that what my treatment providers are saying is actually nothing new to me and to breath.

in your thread you asked ...
"Do you think my t should add DID to my official diagnosis for my insurance company? Or do you think it would be disputed or require a bunch of extra evaluation, etc. for them to approve continued sessions? Do those of you with a DID diagnosis have it officially written down in their records for insurance purposes or not?"

my answers I cant tell you whether you should or should not add DID to your official diagnosis list with the insurance. only you know what your insurance plan is and how they do things and what is best for you. what I can tell you is that......my own...... insurance company did have DID listed. you see the way my insurance company works is they dont pay per mental disorder, they pay per treatments I was / am given. example they dont pay out this much for my having PTSD, or that much for having bipolar and that much for my having MS. they pay for my treatments ....therapy time, medications, diagnostic evaluations when I need them, labs and scans... the lists and codes of mental and physical health problems on the forms just tells them things like why I need the meds, why I need the labs, why I need the therapy, ... they have never denied payment to my treatment providers for having this or that mental disorder, but they have denied treatments when the paperwork wasnt worded correctly.. my therapist said I was having flashbacks but listed my bipolar coding on the paperwork, the coding for PTSD symptoms is different than the coding for bipolar so the extra therapy sessions got denied. once this paperwork problem was taken care of where the problem matched the coding the sessions were approved.

my suggestion would be to look in your insurance member booklet and see what it says about what your insurance plan is and how it works. then you will have the information you need to decide what is best for you and your insurance. if you cant find your insurance member booklet contact the insurance company. they may send you another one.