[MtnTime2896]

How long did it take and how difficult was it to get an accurate diagnosis? I currently have two official ones on record (that aren't from childhood because I have a couple of those too) but also have three others in the works.

[childofchaos831]

Hmmm, I'm not entirely positive my diagnoses are "accurate" necessarily. They work, in terms of getting my insurance to approve the meds I need.

I, personally, believe that most (if not all) of my symptoms can be explained by C-PTSD and DID, but to get the proper meds, the doc needs to put something down.

Currently diagnosed schizoaffective and GAD, as well as PTSD.

Hmmmm, I am wondering why you have so many diagnoses going on. Are these from one provider or are you going from pdoc to pdoc?

Of course you are going to present differently each time you have an assessment. That is why it is important to stay with a pdoc over a period of time. This allows for them to more accurately assess you.

I have had two diagnoses. During my first visit to an ER I had a student give me an hour long questionnaire and assessment. I saw a psychiatrist for 5 minutes - on discharge. He was questioned by a family member and was obviously hard pressed to give an answer (I was only in the hospital for 4 days). On my second hospitalization I spent an hour every morning with several psychiatrists who together came up with the diagnosis of BP over time. I completely agree with it.

[MtnTime2896]

Well, one that's definite from a hospital stay (three weeks inpatient) is MDD which is still on record but I take it with a grain of salt.
The other definite one is PTSD and that's from the hospital and my therapist along with my previous counselor.
The ones "in the works" aren't official and therefore I don't count them. GAD is one, then there is BP 1 w/psychotic features and some undetermined dissociative disorder(s). BP and the dissociative disorder(s) are still being assessed. GAD was put on the back burner because I don't care enough to pursue it. Anxiety sucks but I hide away from the world anyway. It'd be nice to not have to but I just don't have motivation.

[whisperingskye]

I received my current diagnosis in July last year. Not 100% sure it is accurate, at the time I think it was but things seem to have changed since then.

I first saw my GP in December 2010, was diagnosed with depression.
In March 2012 I started seeing the mental health team and was diagnosed BPD shortly after.
Now diagnosis is dysthymia with major depressive episodes and PD traits.

Who knows if that's what I will stick with or if it gets changed again... I guess time will tell.

[Mountaindewed]

I have General Anxiety Disoder, Social Anxiety Disorder, PMDD, Autism and SAD. The only one that I have not openly discussed with my doctor was SAD. Social and general anxiety I've been diganosed with since 2009, but I've had anxiety my whole life, PMDD everyone knows I have it, Autism, I've probably had it my whole life, but I just got a diagnosis on the 6th.

[Fuzzybear]

I'm not at all sure that I've been diagnosed accurately...

"Depression"
"Panic disorder"
.......

GAD for sure (but I hide away )

[*Laurie*]

I've been in the psych system for 30 years and have never received a solid diagnosis. I don't really care all that much; mostly, I just want to treat my symptoms.

[Unrigged64072835]

I was diagnosed with MDD and BPD since 1995. The MDD changed to Bipolar I in 2013, when my pdoc tried a mood stabilizer instead of yet another AD. The BPD still stands, though. I also have GAD from 2009, I think. It's been a long time for some of these.

I thought I was bipolar before I was diagnosed with it. I guess it came more prominent with menopause.

[-jimi-]

I have one correct diagnosis from start when i looked for help, basically cuz I said this is what it is and it was.

After that it was a mess. The added diagnoses were mostly junk and when I became depressed they claimed for the longest time I didn't have depression, that I somehow faked it or some crap, I don't know how they couldn't understand. Finally I got that diagnosed but first when I finally, after a millions of tries, found a med that helped.

The correct diagnoses started to appear more than a decade after I sought help. It felt longer.

They still deny me a diagnosis of circadian rhythm disorder because where I live, they think all sleep issues are insomnia. I have explained many times but they still don't get it.

I'm glad though they removed the junk diagnoses, they were horrible and did not fit me at all.