[Happy Camper]

Bad BP1 diagnosis.

Never had mania (and arguably my depression was a symptom of something else that went unidentified), nor the behaviors associated with bp.

Inpatient treatment stuck me with it.

Was put in inpatient a few years after initial dx, explained in length to psychiatrist, she agreed wasn't bp, agreed to change the diagnosis on my records to just mood disorder nos.

Few months later I see a psychologist for 4 hours----claims I very likely have no diagnosis at all.

And yet, I find a slurry of misdiagnoses on my health chart, and cannot have an appointment with any doctor for any reason without getting asked about these wrong diagnoses---which then stresses me out because it ends up taking time out of the appointment, it also causes the doctors to treat me differently, and I always find myself having doubts over whether they will believe me or not, and I wonder why the psychiatrist lied about changing it.

What can I do to fix this?

Unfortunately what ends up in your medical records is likely to stay there. If you really want them removed then you may want to seek advice from a lawyer. They cannot just remove stuff from your medical records. Regardless of wrong diagnosis, it still has treatment information that may be helpful to future doctors that you may see. The hospital/clinic will not remove that.

[raspberrytorte]

I'm not sure what you can do, but that sounds like a pain in the ***. Could you get a new psychiatrist to take that diagnosis off?

[Happy Camper]

The thing is, the psychiatrist that agreed to change it was at the same hospital where I was diagnosed, and on my health record, mood disorder nos is listed, but at the very bottom. In contrast, BP1, which is not supposed to be on there at all, is listed at the very top as chronic, severe, and highest priority, and it is none of those things.

And because it is through my insurance, it shows up on everything no matter where I go. If I come in for a sore throat, or even go to the dentist, it it seen. And my GP at one point read my records and tried to pull some stunt to get me on antipsychotcs when I have no tolerance for them at all and have tried to get this noted on my records just so it's not pushed on me.

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I should mention I don't care if it says I had a bipolar diagnosis at one point, but I want it to be removed from my chart and not listed as though it is an ongoing or valid diagnosis----I want it to explicitly state that it was a misdiagnosis.

I don't understand why this is even an issue, as I no more have the disorder than I have diabetes, and no one would argue someone without diabetes should have a dx of it on their chart.

This is why I am glad my pyschiatrist waited almost a year to give me my official bipolar 1 diagnosis

[Happy Camper]

The worst part is that I likely have something very different going on and they are only seeing (and misinterpreting) the symptoms. The psychologist I saw for 4 hours was for the purpose of diagnostic clarification, but she was totally stumped and basically just suggested I have another 4 hour appointment with her (which is a 4-6 month wait). I declined.

Originally Posted by ValentinaVVV

This is why I am glad my pyschiatrist waited almost a year to give me my official bipolar 1 diagnosis

So, what do you think is going on?

If you were to diagnose yourself? You know yourself better than anyone.

"Don't assume the members here are giving their whole story.

For me, I have held back a bit, both because the sheer detail is a bit much for an open forum, and because it would make my character here inconsistent with some of the things I've posted on another forum on this site that is mostly hugs and kisses, should any of those members there see what's really on my mind.

In short, there is little openness even with the pseudo anonymity of the web, and so I only post when something catches my little eye."

Nevermind. You are one of them.

This is why online psych forums piss me the hell off.

[Happy Camper]

I'm ocd, primarily obsessional, or at least, my symptoms are consistent with that.

As for you digging through my posts and getting pissed, it's not as if there is a soul alive with things that don't hold up to scrutiny. In fact, part of problem is that I have an inconsistent character both with therapists and online, which I do admittedly because it sometimes spurs people to say things they otherwise wouldn't have.

This behavior started because I'm hugely reluctant in believing that people understand what I'm saying most of the time, in person----I consider this a component to my ocd. It is such a problem that it produces symptoms of it's own, because I think how can a proper diagnosis be made when proper or perfect communication cannot be guaranteed and we can never even know if the other person understands things as you do? I get caught up on this, and I attempt to communicate ideas indirectly, hoping they will read between the lines or come to an agreeable conclusion without my explicit input, because I doubt they will come to the proper conclusion or grossly misinterpret what I say/do if I try to be direct, and this is obviously not optimal or organic human interaction.
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On a sidenote, I was wondering if that post would ever see the light of day or not. I guess people on here do check posting history, which I find mildly surprising.

As for "what's really on my mind" I didn't have anything bad to say about the people that frequent here, if that's what you're getting at. It's just a female dominant forum with a lot of freely flowing cyber-affection, and I thought that some of my darker thoughts being posted on the aspd forum might somehow affect my posting over here, and it appears I was correct---due to lack of privacy.

[UCMATH]

My record says I'm a polysubstance abuser. I'm not. My previous pdoc thought it was a joke but said there isn't anything I can do to get it changed or removed. It's probably the same for your Bipolar diagnosis.

Originally Posted by Happy Camper

I'm ocd, primarily obsessional, or at least, my symptoms are consistent with that.

As for you digging through my posts and getting pissed, it's not as if there is a soul alive with things that don't hold up to scrutiny. In fact, part of problem is that I have an inconsistent character both with therapists and online, which I do admittedly because it sometimes spurs people to say things they otherwise wouldn't have.

This behavior started because I'm hugely reluctant in believing that people understand what I'm saying most of the time, in person----I consider this a component to my ocd. It is such a problem that it produces symptoms of it's own, because I think how can a proper diagnosis be made when proper or perfect communication cannot be guaranteed and we can never even know if the other person understands things as you do? I get caught up on this, and I attempt to communicate ideas indirectly, hoping they will read between the lines or come to an agreeable conclusion without my explicit input, because I doubt they will come to the proper conclusion or grossly misinterpret what I say/do if I try to be direct, and this is obviously not optimal or organic human interaction.
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On a sidenote, I was wondering if that post would ever see the light of day or not. I guess people on here do check posting history, which I find mildly surprising.

As for "what's really on my mind" I didn't have anything bad to say about the people that frequent here, if that's what you're getting at. It's just a female dominant forum with a lot of freely flowing cyber-affection, and I thought that some of my darker thoughts being posted on the aspd forum might somehow affect my posting over here, and it appears I was correct---due to lack of privacy.

Be what you want. Just don't lie. Because there are some of us that don't lie. And I have dated enough liars to know the difference. Also, It really irritates me to find someone faking a bipolar diagnosis.

Also, I am a female and your comment offends me.

And furthermore, it has nothing due to lack of privacy. You posted these comments.

[Hexagram]

Originally Posted by ValentinaVVV

I am a female and your comment offends me.

I regret that you were offended. I am not a female and Happy Camper's characterization of the forum as 'female dominant' definitely bruised my butch persona, but the phrase

Originally Posted by Happy Camper

a slurry of misdiagnoses

is magnificent English. A slurry, indeed.

[BipolaRNurse]

I'm so bipolar that the diagnosis is listed TWICE in my chart---bipolar NOS (my original dx) and bipolar 1 (my current one). Haha! It always makes health care practitioners take a second look, like I'm going to flip out on them or something. Cracks me up.