You guys ever dealt with this.

I started out with a generalized anxiety diagnosis with social anxiety being a big part of it, depression, ADHD, and adjustment disorder diagnosis

Then when I didnt respond to antidepressants and DID respond to mood stabilizers and antipsychotics... I got a Bipolar NOS diagnosis. This changed to bipolar 1 after a while. Then my psychotic symptoms got more severe and more prominent and after some VERY clear periods of psychosis I got the schizoaffective bipolar type diagnosis.

Its been a lot. A long road. Other diagnoses that have been suggested to me are avoidant personality disorder, social anxiety disorder, and most recently PTSD.

But Im- after all this time- fairly confident in my schizoaffective diagnosis. ADHD as well. I dont like it. In fact I hate it- which is why I stop my meds- in an attempt to prove that “if I dont need them then there must not be anything wrong with me”. But each time that fails, I get worse and the reality of my diagnosis becomes more final. So while I dont like it- it fits- and I think Ive landed.

How about you all. What are your journeys through different diagnoses/misdiagnoses. What made things change for you. And do you think your current diagnosis is “right”?