[Mountaindewed]

Does your diagnosis play a role in how you are treated by your treatment team or mental health professionals in general?

I am autistic and also transgender and I get a lot of attention and support from my treatment team. I am constantly being told to email them as much as I want between sessions and they just seem to be very caring. Sometimes a bit too caring. But I have heard that with other diagnosis they don’t want to help you and are even hesitant to work with you in the first place.

What is your thoughts or experience on this?

[bpcyclist]

My current pdoc is just tremendously empathetic. The best of all time for me. He is doing all by phone right now.

I have bipolar disorder like bpcyclist above. My therapist and psychiatrist are also incredibly supportive and kind. They recognize the challenges related to my illness, and yet also recognize me as a person, separate from my diagnosis. I'm not sure why you would think that other therapists and psychiatrists wouldn't care about patients with diagnoses other than yours. Of course there are some uncaring ones out there, but that, in my view, would reflect their individual personalities rather than professional viewpoints.

Going beyond mental healthcare professionals, yes there have been people that treat(ed) me differently because of my diagnosis. That is sometimes because I am on disability and other times because of fear or discomfort, and other times stigma, etc.