[InRealLife45]

My new P-Doc is driving me nuts. She won't stop asking me the same question; she's just twisting it to ask it in different ways, trying her best to make me fit Diagnistic criteria for bipolar.

She says bipolar is often misdiagnosed or under diagnosed and she is practically on a witch hunt to diagnose me bipolar. I told her about my hobby hopping and she said it was an example of a hypomanic episode.

I told my therapist and she laughed and said I am not bipolar, that my symptoms come from trauma and may mimic other disorders slightly but that it's clearly PTSD and bpd.

But this shrink is getting on my nerves pushing her bipolar agenda, asking over and over for twenty minutes in different ways, like my answer is going to magically change. Repeatedly asking if I have highs and lows, if I get really happy and talk too fast, do I cry for no reason etc. I'm Tired of saying no.

I don't even want to see her again bc that's all she's on about.

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Perhaps you need to find a different pdoc then.

[emptyspace]

Bipolar is the diagnosis of the year. Everyone is getting it. It is covered by insurance, so maybe that's why she is pushing?

Since your pdoc is new, i agree with lolagrace, find a new one.

[Lauliza]

I'd be curious to ask the pdoc why she is so convinced you are bipolar. Yes you would have mood swings, but they don't shift as quickly as they do in BPD. From my understanding the moods in bipolar disorder last longer and are cyclical. It very well could be for insurance coverage, since a personality disorder as the main diagnosis gets you very little coverage. But that's between her and the insurance company, not you. If you can't get clarification I would look for another pdoc.

[Crescent Moon]

Originally Posted by Lauliza

I'd be curious to ask the pdoc why she is so convinced you are bipolar. Yes you would have mood swings, but they don't shift as quickly as they do in BPD. From my understanding the moods in bipolar disorder last longer and are cyclical. It very well could be for insurance coverage, since a personality disorder as the main diagnosis gets you very little coverage. But that's between her and the insurance company, not you. If you can't get clarification I would look for another pdoc.

Not necessarily. My daughter has bipolar and when it takes over she has classic "mixed-state" symptoms which is rapid cycling between hypomania (or mania) and depression. It is horrible for her. She was recently voluntarily hospitalized because she had been rapid cycling for a month and had become a danger to herself.

[InRealLife45]

Originally Posted by Lauliza

I'd be curious to ask the pdoc why she is so convinced you are bipolar. Yes you would have mood swings, but they don't shift as quickly as they do in BPD. From my understanding the moods in bipolar disorder last longer and are cyclical. It very well could be for insurance coverage, since a personality disorder as the main diagnosis gets you very little coverage. But that's between her and the insurance company, not you. If you can't get clarification I would look for another pdoc.

My insurance is pretty awesome, and they pay regularly without fuss for the diagnosis I've had for years which is depression anxiety and PTSD.

So her reasoning can't be insurance. I don't know why she's trying to hard to diagnose that but the symptoms just don't fit.

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[AllHeart]

Why not just ask her what her agenda is. Bring a note from your T stating you are not bipolar if you have to. Then fire her.

[ThisWayOut]

yeah, I say ask her why... and maybe explain your actual dx if she's confused Call her on asking the same question in several different ways, and tell her it's annoying you (and kinda disrespectful).
can you get a new one?

[InRealLife45]

Originally Posted by ThisWayOut

yeah, I say ask her why... and maybe explain your actual dx if she's confused Call her on asking the same question in several different ways, and tell her it's annoying you (and kinda disrespectful).
can you get a new one?

I already called her on it and told her that isn't my diagnosis but her response was that it's commonly misdiagnosed/undiagnosed

Got an appt to see her colleague in sept but she was the only one available in the meantime

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[iheartjacques]

Why do you need to see her? For meds? Hoping you can get them from your normal doctor till you find another pdoc.

[InRealLife45]

I'm on two controlled substances, primary doc uncomfortable writing them

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[LonesomeTonight]

My fairly new p-doc (since November--had someone different before) at first seemed fixated on focusing on my OCD. I finally managed to convince her that my more pressing problems right now are anxiety and depression, with the depression being the biggest concern. Like, eh, yeah, I've had OCD my whole life, I wash my hands more than necessary and worry about food safety and germs. But the anxiety (and lately depression) have a much greater impact on me overall.

I would just say maybe that you'd rather focus on treating the symptoms you're having right now than on a particular diagnosis? Like say what you're most concerned about right now is x and y (that's what I did). I doubt hobby hopping, whatever it signifies (probably that you're just trying to find the right hobby for you!), is the biggest concern right now, so tell her you're not worried about that.

Also, could you maybe have your therapist write her a note?