"Self Diagnosed: Bipolar"

So... I get free therapy through my school. It's great because I can't afford a therapist to be honest.

I originally went to a therapist for mood swings and work on the relationships in my life.

Today the facility that offers therapy (Argosy university) offered me the chance to have a full psychological test done. My therapist said that I should. So I go in today to have this test done and the women administering it started asking me about my past and why I had "Self diagnosed my self with bipolar"!
I was never self diagnosed! I went there and my therapist at the time told me to go see a dr. The medical doctor was the one who diagnosed me with bipolar disorder.

I was so mad and so hurt that this whole time the two therapist I have seen there were under this false fact that I self diagnosed my self!

I really don't trust therapists and people who are not medical doctors.

Have you guys ever found out a therapist or medical professional lied to you?

I have no clue what to do but it's going to be a total wast of time to finish the next week of testing as well as the hour per week I see my therapist at that institution.

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You're a step ahead of me. I don't trust doctors either.

I don't know why they all get into the field when they're idiots. My PDOC is amazing!!! My therapist is ok. It's the people that run the institution that are judgmental.

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To be honest, it doesn't seem to be that big a deal that they thought you had self-diagnosed bipolar. It might be important, however, to go through with the testing and see what they have to say. It could be very helpful to you, even though it made you uncomfortable at the start. So I say, take the tests!

I think that leaving out the fact that you were actually diagnosed by a dr can be Important. It actually made me think of how I'm trying to get SSD right now. Imagine what they would think and come to the conclusion on If they thought you had just diagnosed yourself after a Google search! That could really effect the outcome on something like that. As far as what they chose to write down on medical files, it can be done carelessly. I actually got some of my own medical records to do the SSD app and some things these pdocs and T's chose to highlight was borderline gossip and almost funny lol. So in something like that example, where and who gave you a diagnosis is important in my eyes. So yes I would be upset.

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I was diagnosed by my second psychiatrist. She diagnosed me on my first appt. I was manic at the time. She didn't "formally" diagnose me until a year later after we watched my moods.

My first therapist didn't believe I was bipolar, even though she knew my pdoc had diagnosed me with it. She thought that I LIED about getting episodes of depression. I was like, "Why would I lie about something like that...?" She seemed to think she was a doctor, even though she clearly wasn't.

Sometimes therapists are just ignorant. They think they know everything and they're skeptical about what you say. I hate those sorts of therapists. Those are the worst kind.

Sorry that you're going through this. Sounds like your therapists are also skeptical, and for no good reason.

We are sometimes victims of a (propaganda) war between clinicians, it seems.

No matter what, the other side is wrong.

Is actually more of a chain/series of pride and inferiority complexes: from "real doctors", via psychiatrists to therapists.

I prefer NPs.

Maybe I'll just stop seeing my psychiatrist and fake her signature, saying I'm seeing someone else.

Thanks guys.

I'm just so upset because the woman who wrote that into my file interviewed me before seeing the therapist and she said, "I don't think you're bipolar." And now ever therapist I have talked to there after that women has seen that "profile" and never brought it up to me. They have showed that therapy "isn't about bipolar disorder" even though I'm actually a very smart and sane person when I'm on medication.

I was just upset because I feel that one line can change the entire therapy process. I feel like these people could be treating me like so one who is wanting to have some sort of disease or someone who want some kind of attention.

My psychiatrist (the one with the med school degree) knew for sure that I was bipolar (and hypo manic) when he met me. He also pointed out that it clearly runs in my family which I found shocking but true.

I feel like the institution that I am seeing therapists at is lousy. I also feel that I truly don't need therapy anymore and the therapy is starting to make me look for problems that are not there.

Also the psychological testing woman asked me if I was on medication after I was upset that j had been diagnosed with bipolar and I told her that I'm on lithium and Seriquil and my dosages. She wrote everything down and continued to interrogate me about what I felt like when I was manic or depressed as if she was trying to catch me in some lie. I feel like I'm being accused of stealing even though I haven't.

As far as I am concerned, my therapy at that institution has been... Compromised.

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That's awful.

My pdoc diagnosed me with bipolar disorder as well. I feel like pdocs know what they're doing, and they shouldn't be questioned by these so-called "therapists". I hate when therapists act like they're doctors. They don't have an MD degree, nor do they have an advanced nursing degree.

I would stay away from therapy at this place. You might need therapy, but you don't need therapy from these people. You're trying to get better, but they're making you worse. They're doing the exact opposite of what you need.

I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder even though I told the psychologist I wasn't sure that I had hypo/mania. (This was after Lexapro allegedly made me manic.) Instead of interrogating me and forcing me to explain my symptoms, she kindly asked me questions and tried to piece everything together.