[HALLIEBETH87]

Saw my new pdoc for third time and asked him what he's diagnosed me with because we all know diff pdoc a have diff opinions. Of course he said bipolar but also PTSD and borderline. I understand I fit criteria for bpd some but I disagree with that dx. I talked to my t about it and he disagrees too. He's actually a psychologist. He said I have complex trauma from childhood stuff. I'd never heard of it before. He said they have same treatment basically. He wants to work on getting bpd removed from my dx.

Anyone else had this happen?

[Open Eyes]

I like how your psychologist is thinking. Often a diagnosis of BPD can get in the way of a patient getting a chance to get the right therapy. My own therapist has mentioned how it has a negative stigma to it and in his own practice the patients he worked with he found were actually "very treatable".

[Iamalioness]

I have those exact same dx! And someone I know says that I'm probably not borderline, that it's likely complex PTSD from childhood abuse. So i'm right there with you! How do you get a dx removed? I've never heard of that happening before.

[Open Eyes]

Well, depending on what country one lives in, that can be different. The condition known as "complex" PTSD is not listed in the Diagnostic Manual "yet". So it is unlikely there would be a change since BPD is listed and complex PTSD is not.

[HALLIEBETH87]

Well he's a psychologist and works in same office as pdoc so they work together. I see t more often then pdoc so he knows more. Idk what his plan is.

[HALLIEBETH87]

Originally Posted by Open Eyes

I like how your psychologist is thinking. Often a diagnosis of BPD can get in the way of a patient getting a chance to get the right therapy. My own therapist has mentioned how it has a negative stigma to it and in his own practice the patients he worked with he found were actually "very treatable".

It does have a bad stigma!!!

[HALLIEBETH87]

Originally Posted by Open Eyes

Well, depending on what country one lives in, that can be different. The condition known as "complex" PTSD is not listed in the Diagnostic Manual "yet". So it is unlikely there would be a change since BPD is listed and complex PTSD is not.

I really don't know! I'm gonna ask him tomorrow!

[thepeaceisinthegrey]

I had a psychiatrist at a psych ward once try to tell me I had BPD. I said that there was no way I had that because I was not at all or have ever been manic. I refused to sign discharge paperwork and get recommended treatment until the Dx was removed.

I am not saying, at all, that having BPD is a "bad" thing. If you actually have it that is. It's so important to get the correct Dx so you are treated properly!! I hope your T is able to get that removed for you!!

[HALLIEBETH87]

Well he agrees with the bipolar because I do have depressive and manic episodes. Im taking DBT classes and he said hopefully we will work on my relationships and impulsivity and then maybe get the dx removed.