[Tourniquet]

When I first approached my GP and told him I was absolutely positive I was borderline and needed his referral to see a counsellor, he literally laughed at me. He said that I didn't strike him at all as the type to have BPD and that I should be careful labelling myself as most medical practitioners are very wary of borderline's and will often refuse to treat them. It was obvious by the patronizing smirk on his face that he thought I was absolutely full of crap, despite the fact I KNEW I was suffering from BPD. He did refer me to counselling but on the form he simply wrote "depression" which is not true at all, I do not feel depressed and haven't in years. His reaction really irked me.

Has anyone else ever had a medical professional not believe you have BPD or refuse to accept your diagnosis given to you by your therapist? How did you deal with it?

[Flooded]

My neurosurgeon said I don't come across as borderline at all. I told her to leave the diagnosing to the my expert psychiatrist.

The neuro got a taste when she tried to take my opiates away

[volatile]

Sort of. i still am not sure if I'm BPD but I was finally told by a psychiatric nurse that I had obvious PTSD and was shocked when I told her the doctors i've seen refused to even talk to me about it and tried to tell me only combat vets get ptsd. The same thing with BPD, they just refuse to talk about it.
I just ignore doctors. I believe most of them are morons. I don't need them telling me something I already know.

Not a doctor, but I've been wrongly diagnosed by, of all professions, an EMT. They have no business diagnosing, but this guy did it. I was suffering from severe stomach cramps, and by the time the EMT's arrived, I was crying and doubled over in pain. When giving him my medical history I included depressive illness. It is, after all, medical. But as soon as I said that, he told me I was "having a panic attack," which I don't ordinarily have, and when I do, stomach cramps are not among the symptoms. Then they got me to the ER where the EMT emphasized to the triage nurse that I had "a history of behavioral issues." The nurse too assumed I was a psychiatric case, and this got me put on the back burner. Fortunately I was not on suicide watch or anything, so after being ignored for as long as I could tolerate, I walked out of there and went to a neighboring hospital. There, I said nothing about mental health and as a result I got my stomach looked at.

I turned out to have gastroenteritis. That's a stomach/intestine infection. Nothing to do with a panic attack.