Yeah, on the reverse side I don't think it's wise for us to second guess anyone's diagnosis as a misdiagnosis. Speaking as someone who was misdiagnosed (briefly by someone who didn't actually do a history or workup), if anyone feels their Dx is wrong they should seek a professional second opinion, not arm-chair psychs or pdocs like us, lol. Again, we can only see one segment of the story.

But, building on what OE said, due to a hormonal condition called PMDD, at specific times of the month I can be very irritable. It's nothing like bipolar disorder, but my dad (for his own various reasons) was trying to convince people that I had bipolar because I had bad PMS, basically. Yeah...He can **** off... Again, only seeing one side of the problem and also he wanted to negate my PTSD diagnosis caused by his abuse by saying I am bipolar (not bipolar, had many, many evaluations to try and confirm this).

What I do think is necessary are better diagnostic tools for pdocs and Ts. I feel that they often make quick diagnoses in one session, and most clients can't even open up in one session or build enough trust to say what's really going on. After 15 minutes they're going to prescribe brain chemistry altering drugs? Really? Sorry, I digress. Didn't mean to hijack. You get my point.