[grandmaof2angels]

I'm really going crazy now. Need help. I went to a therapist, a new one that has taken my case over and I fount out they changed my diagnosis. she told me that DID isnt a real diagnose. I was diagnose back in 86 finally after years of just being treated only as depression before then. I have come long way since 86 but seems since she told me this its caused a conflict inside with all of my alters. what do I do now?

[innocentjoy]

If she doesn't believe that DID is real, I would seriously look into finding someone new. I spent months seeing a dr who was positive that I could not say I'd been abused because I was only starting to remember things this past year. If there was physical proof, he'd have believed me, but he didn't believe a person could supress memories and suddenly remember them. Absolute rubbish. I was able to finally see someone else, and the new doctor has really helped.

Does your t explain in a reasonable way why she thinks it's different? or have a diagnosis that may fit? There would be a difference if she was thinking that some other name/diagnosis fit better than DID, but if she doesn't believe in the ability for a person to create alters, this sounds like it could be damaging to many aspects of your relationship with her. How can you work with and trust someone who doesn't believe you? And even if she didn't personally believe it, she should be meeting you where you are (in this case that DID is your daily reality) instead of forcing you to adopt her opinions.

Good luck with it, and keep us posted on how it goes!
xoxo
IJ

[winter4me]

If she is using the new DSM....well, it's been rejected by many including the National Institute of Mental Health...and DID is real, as is was when called MPD, or...whatever name you choose.
What does she say is a "real" diagnosis? I can understand how telling you something is not real would cause conflict, it is invalidating. Diagnoses are really just ways to describe a particular grouping of symptoms that add up to something that we can discuss, knowing the other person understands what we are talking about.

[possum220]

Before I was diagnosed with DID I was labelled Schizoid.............. many years ago.

I agree with the others. Find out what your Therapist does think and how they plan to help you. If you are uncomfortable with the outcome time to find some-one else.

The psychological community world wide is split over this diagnosis.

[amandalouise]

Originally Posted by grandmaof2angels

I'm really going crazy now. Need help. I went to a therapist, a new one that has taken my case over and I fount out they changed my diagnosis. she told me that DID isnt a real diagnose. I was diagnose back in 86 finally after years of just being treated only as depression before then. I have come long way since 86 but seems since she told me this its caused a conflict inside with all of my alters. what do I do now?

it may be that your symptoms that used to be part of the DID diagnostic criteria is now not part of that diagnosis...that is if you are in america....

treatment providers in America as switching over to a new diagnostic process for many mental disorders.

Example when my medications caused me to be dissociative this used to fit in with my dissociative diagnosis of depersonalization, derealization, DID and general dissociation.

but now because of the new diagnostics in the DSM 5 diagnostic criteria for mental disorders medication induced dissociation is no longer with in any of the dissociative disorders or as some people/treatment providers call it ...its not a real dissociation problem now. now its called ....a side effect of medication...a physical problem not a dissociative problem, that is treated by adjusting medication.

many Americans are finding that their mental disorders of all kinds are being tweaked /changed or wrote up in their files in a different way because of the new DSM 5 diagnostics, and it can feel scary and invalidating to some when this happens.

my suggestion let your treatment provider know removing your previous diagnosis is bothering you and why, ask them to explain why they are changing your mental disorder diagnosis and where they see you as being your new diagnosis rather than your previous one. it can be as simple as one of your symptoms according to how you have them may fits better in a different mental disorder than a dissociative one. (the DSM 5 requires treatment providers to assess whether a symptom will fit better in a different mental disorder before labeling someone one of the dissociative disorders)

[grandmaof2angels]

The therapist is using the new book. i havent been seeing a therapist cuz none is in my area. have a friend that understands and helps when need it. I not gonna go back to her. Thanks for ya'll responses.

[Lexi232]

I'm glad you're not going back to her. Hopefully it will help everyone in your system to be more at easy and relaxed.