Do you agree with what either your psychiatrist or psychologist or therapist has diagnosed you with they don't have to be the official one either but like do you agree with them in regards to what you are dealing with?

For the most part, yes. I think my diagnoses have changed over time, and I suspect if I was formally reevaluated now, my diagnosis profile has probably changed somewhat (in a good way).

I agree with my diagnosis (BPD) the symptoms are down to a T.
When I was first diagnosed I wouldn't accept it until I read all about it.
Since being in therapy I feel like I have improved.

[AllHeart]

Yes. It took me a while to accept a couple of things, but once effective treatment started to kick in I could see the diagnoses were spot on.

[precaryous]

Not sure. My diagnosis may be changing. We are supposed to do testing to rule out "high functioning autism."

[healed84]

Yes! It seems as though, that we came up with them at around the same time. And I brought one up and he looked at me in shock and was like, huh.. Didn't think of that for you.. And months later told me that was an accurate diagnosis in my part

[gayleggg]

Yes, I agree with them. Time has made me a believer.

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[yagr]

No, completely disagree.

Of course, I've seen five doctors over fifty years and each one has given me a different diagnosis...

I voted other. I have never been given an official diagnosis. I'm glad that I don't define myself as what someone else decides I am.

[Cinnamon_Stick]

Yes, I agree. I can see how the symptoms of it are so fitting.

[nottrustin]

yes, T made a diagnosis a few years ago. I agree with it. At the same time pdoc had another diagnosis which a never agreed with. Recently I talked to pdoc about it and she agreed with Ts diagnosis and switched it then.

[Argonautomobile]

Kind of. I haven't really thought about it.

For me, diagnoses are just useful tools for my healthcare providers. They don't have to define who I am as a person. I don't really think about or argue my diagnoses, I just work to improve my quality of life.

[velcro003]

I fight my diagnosis (dysthymia--chronic low-grade depression), because I tell her that this is just ME, this is how i am! She says i've been depressed a very long time, so it probably feels that way. HMMPH.

I literally just had this conversation (again) with my T a few days ago.

[Nammu]

Just because I agree doesn't mean I fully accept it...it was a asker to accept MDD before it was changed.

[ejayy78]

I've only been told I have PTSD. My symptoms make sense so yes, I fully agree. It answered a lot of questions for how I was feeling

[Walking Man]

Kinda sorta, but not really. She diagnosed me with major depression and generalized anxiety disorder.

The depression is (or was) right, at least recently. I think it's more like dysthymia historically, with rare but recurrent depression. I'm not convinced about GAD. It just doesn't match the description in my view. I'm not a worrier. The biggest problem with both is that I have good reason to be totally stressed out and depressed, anyone would in my situation. It's not the worst by any means, but very difficult. Just as significant is that my health problems and medication contribute to both. Epilepsy and meds can cause both symptoms of depression and anxiety.

[Miswimmy1]

For the most part, yes. Like I definitely believe that I have OCD. I fit all of the criteria and was even hospitalized for it when it got out of control. I have also been diagnosed with ADHD by more than one professional, including following hours of neuropsychological testing. I believe that I have it.

Most recently however, I got a new psychiatrist. On her prescriptions, there is a place for her to write a diagnosis. She writes Bipolar II on it, but I have never been officially diagnosed. I have had mood disorder mentioned by multiple psychologists and I have been on a mood stabilizer for a while, but I don't think I was ever given a straightforward diagnosis. I'm not sure if I believe I have it.

It's hard because I feel like there are so many other factors to consider. I think that many diagnoses have symptoms that overlap. I also think that for instance, with ADHD, there is a fine line between giftedness, boredom, and inattention. I honestly don't think that it really matters though, what the name is, as long as the proper treatment is administered.

I have been diagnosed as DID by three different places and i still try to deny it, but in my heart i know it is true.

In the beginning I didn't know any better, I was traumatized by the dx.
Now years on, I realise a dx means very little.

[ChipperMonkey]

I agree with my actual diagnosis.

I do not agree with the hypothesis that since I deal with depression and anxiety that I have bipolar disorder. UHM HULLO IDIOT (my Pdoc), by THAT argument EVERYONE who has PTSD and depression is actually bipolar. I wish more doctors understood how PTSD works. I'm tired of these incorrect diagnosis'!

[magno11789]

My symptoms are pretty on point with the diagnosis.

I was not diagnosed, and am really glad, because I had just found PC, and tried to diagnose myself. I was trying to define myself, and confine myself to labels opposed to what ails me, and did I want to change that behavior. Also, I never used insurance, so a label or makeshift label was not done for payment. I live my mother's labels , so for me, a label, especially one that many professionals and the public see as intractable would have been detrimental to my healing process. Towards termination my therapist said if she had to use a label it would be PTSD.

I have quite a few diagnoses but I am not sure if that is all of them my psychiatrist and psychologist both will just keep saying "you have a lot of different things going on" but I don't know what that means and my psychologist said that I didn't fit into just one box(diagnosis) and that there is a lot going on so it can be hard to tell what is what. Either way I don't know if I even believe I am mentally ill I just think it depends how you look at it but I am sure they don't agree.