T I initially went the mood disorder as that was what my pcp had been using since it was the first time I ever sought help. It didn't take her long maybe a month or so to diagnose me with major depression. It took quite some time to realize I had PTSD because I had never told anybody about my trauma history. I had out on a great mark. Once I revealed the trauma it took her a few months to determine it was PTSD because I was still very guarded and unemotional.

Shortly after I switched to pdoc for meds she diagnosed me with a form of bipolar. T adamantly disagreed. She understood why pdoc would come to that conclusion. I put such a mask on so it is harder to tell when I am depressed. When depressed I fake it so that I appear happy...so time I fake it so much that I appear manic when really I am really depressed. Eventually I brought it up to pdoc and she agreed and didn't realize she had never changes it. So I had the bipolar diagnosis for a few years that nobody agreed with.