Thread: Comorbidity
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Old Mar 21, 2009, 11:30 AM
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I apologize if this thread is not in the right place.

Just wondering how many of you have been dx'ed with more than one mental disorder. I know this is a fairly common occurrence but I'm just curious as to what your dxes are, or if you were dx'ed with a particular disorder in the past that your doc (or a new doc) later said was a misdiagnosis?

I was dx'ed with ADD at the age of six. When I was 21, I was told I had Borderline Personality Disorder. Then I was dx'ed with Bipolar II Disorder with borderline and OC traits. Eight years later I have been told I have Asperger's syndrome and OCD.

In my case, I had a lot of things going on in my head that I didn't share with my Ts. Sounds horribly stupid, I know. But I would get stuck on one particular event, or a couple events, in my life that were occupying all my head space, and would obsess about them for the entirety of my weekly, or bimonthly, visits, so I never shared that I hate to be touched, feel socially awkward, memorize strings of info most people don't give a hoot about, am ridiculously sensitive to certain sounds and light, have disturbing thoughts I can't get rid of, pick at myself, have ritualistic behaviors, etc, etc, etc. And somehow, I was never asked any questions that might have led to me bringing these things up.

So I guess my questions are what have you been dx'ed with, and have you gone un-dx'ed simply because you didn't share pertinent info with your Ts/pdocs for awhile? Or am I the only weirdo who wouldn't talk about certain feelings because I thought they were "normal"...