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Originally Posted by MarcusAurelius
1) Do you have any co-morbid mental illness diagnoses with bipolar disorder?
2) In your opinion, does having the multiple diagnoses better help you understand or explain your set of issues and experience?
3) Just curious – is having a label important to you? I’m curious your perspective. As far as treatment goes – I’m definitely a “whatever works, works.” – to hell with whatever label you wanna give it. However, as far as feeling a sense of being understood and belonging, I do like having a label to help guide that discussion, but that is just my personal opinion.
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I have dual-diagnosis BP I (alcohol), ADHD, and related anxiety disorder.
I find the multiple diagnosis has definitely helped me to understand the constellation of symptoms I experience.
I like the labels because the medical community has defined each label by a certain set of symptoms (some of which overlap), which helps me to understand what I'm feeling and why I'm taking the meds I'm taking.