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Originally Posted by Tryingtobehappy5
I was just diagnosed less than 2 years ago. I question it all of the time when I am stable though my episodes are very close together right now. Unfortunately it leads me to go off my meds and that ends very badly reminding me that it is real.
I once had a psychiatrist tell me I was making things up. That is very hard when things already seem so unreal. It made me wonder even more what was real and what wasnt. I told my new psychiatrist that sometimes I feel like I am just making things up and that he was right and she said that he never should have said that and she understood how invalidating that was.
Its real and it can have short breaks, long breaks, it can even feel like no breaks sometimes but it is all real. Take care  |
I had a similar experience. Saw my psychiatrists during severe anxiety accompanied with a depressive episode and she said I was being over dramatic. Those words stunned me. She quickly retracted but the words were out there. They have of course stuck with me and add to my self doubt about the legitimacy of my diagnoses. Am I just a fake drama queen looking for attention. Of course right now Im still dealing with bouts of the anxiety and bad sleep yet I continue to doubt the dx and have reduced my meds on my own. (I do not in any way say this is an ok thing to do, always see your doc). Unfortunately Im in a doubting stage right now. I see her next week. I know I should be truthful. ugh...