[purple orchid]

I've been seeing my T who is also a psychiatrist for several years.
Whenever I ask him what he thinks is wrong with me, he passes the question back to me.
I usually say that I think I'm suffering with depression and then he says he agrees.
I'm begining to wonder if he thinks I have some other things, such as some personality disorders but just doesn't want to tell me.
It's been playing on my mind. I wish he would just give me a straight diagnosis, then I can start to deal with it , without wondering.
Do your T's give you a diagnosis when you ask?

[HealingTimes]

I was already diagnosed with Bulimia when i first saw my T at an Eating Disorder service. But there was a debate as to whether it was actually purging type Anorexia.

I have never gotten a clear answer, my T doesn't think that labels are important. She rarely calls my ED an Eating DISORDER, but always refers to it as Eating DISTRESS.

For a long time i was hung up on the label, but as i am getting better i don't find that the label matters either. What matters is how i feel about things.

[critterlady]

The only time my T has ever mentioned a diagnosis was when we were preparing for an insurance review and he wanted to go over what he would tell them. We don't use the diagnosis to guide my therapy, though. It's simply an answer to a bureaucratic question.

I already had my diagnosis before I started therapy, (BPD and PTSD) but last month my T said that I am very avoidant not sure if that is a diagnosis or not.

My therapist didn't really give me my diagnosis, but my psychiatrist did. You should get a receipt with your diagnosis code for insurance on it, mind you, it may not be complete or up to date. My T simply put major depression as my diagnosis because that is how I presented when he first started seeing me. He realizes now that my diagnosis is bipolar disorder, but he's never bothered to change the code on the receipts. Insurance doesn't seem to care. My pdoc's code is bipolar 1, mixed.

[purple orchid]

Originally Posted by 1914sierra

My therapist didn't really give me my diagnosis, but my psychiatrist did. You should get a receipt with your diagnosis code for insurance on it, mind you, it may not be complete or up to date. My T simply put major depression as my diagnosis because that is how I presented when he first started seeing me. He realizes now that my diagnosis is bipolar disorder, but he's never bothered to change the code on the receipts. Insurance doesn't seem to care. My pdoc's code is bipolar 1, mixed.

Where I am I can't claim my treatment from insurance, so I don't have a receipt or anything.
I pay for it myself so don't have any official medical records. Well maybe my T keeps records but I certainly don't get to see them. I wish I did!
Thanks for your reply.

[tealBumblebee]

She gave me a diagnosis via the test results of the Millon Test that is sent to the company for evaluation and it then sent to the Pdoc (who usually gives the report) who gave it to her (I didn't want to talk to him) who gave it to me (verbally) and had hand written some highlights from it (2-3 full pages) but decided not to give it to me to take but instead put it in my file because she was afraid how i'd react, internalize and deeper self loathe at the results. Very complicated process haha.

Edit: She's only brought up my "diagnosis" (one of them) once, but in order to evaluate the context of the conversation.

[Freewilled]

My T has never said and I'm too afraid to ask. I know that probably sounds dumb but I am literally terrified of what his answer would be.

Yes, although we dont focus on it. Only when i try to deny it, she will say things like , " oh you SOOOOO have DID-- you are as split as they come." She doesnt have a problem bringing up ptsd or anorexia or bulimia or whatever. But, their only labels. We dont talk about them all the time.

[A Red Panda]

I think my T thinks I have AvPD - which I also think I have. But we don't talk about it and he once said not to worry about labels (which I don't, I view it more as a curiousity than a worry).

[BlessedRhiannon]

M T doesn't focus on a diagnosis. When I was debating going to a pdoc, she had me take the PAI and that does give a rough diagnosis. My pdoc has given a diagnosis but we don't really focus on that much either. If I asked either of them, I'm fairly certain they'd answer.

[Victoria'smom]

My therapist just gives me what is wrote down even though she feels differently but won't elaborate.

[reesecups]

I have a diagnosis from my pdoc and the group leaders at the PHP I attend seem to have their own thoughts. My psychologist does not use labels. I would love to know what all my official diagnosis are, but I've not went to one pdoc who would tell me, and that was because I went to her for a second opinion as to what all was wrong with me.

[Miswimmy1]

My old t was very up-front about everything if I asked. She generally wouldn't tell the person if they didn't want to know though, because labeling what's wrong with you doesn't change the treatment. It sometimes might even distract from the treatment. That being said, I did like to be in the loop, so we did talk about my diagnosises, but I had to ask to have that conversation.

[ar2004]

My T said to me last time that she thinks I have an eating disorder. That's the first time I had never heard that out loud. The time before, I was too freaked out to hear it so I know that's why she avoided saying it. This last time I asked her because I felt like I did have am ED but was also in denial. She referenced criteria for atypical anorexia (OSFED) in the DSM-V and said I am the restricting type. Now being two days since my T appt I am still trying to process and accept this diagnosis. It is not easy but denial is worse.

Yes, and I definitely want to know.