Doctors Keeping Secrets About My Diagnosis

Yess, my psychiatrist misdiagnosed me as Major Depressive Disorder at first then was like "well you definitely have a mood disorder but I don't like labels" and I was like I do what is it and she said Bipolar 2 but never switched it in her books so she told my school it was MDD not BP2 for getting accommodations

It depends, therapists have to “diagnose” you on the first appointment or insurance wont pay for therapy so they usually say something like anxiety, on the forms but in all other cases, yeah they tell me

I'm not sure where you guys are from but where I am their is a place that will just straight up say it. My therapist looked me dead in the face one day and said, "You have PTSD and possibly Split personality from all the trauma you've had in your life." I had no idea what to say. It took me weeks to tell my family. Being diagnosed with those really took a hit on the way I looked at life.

I’m trying to get my Tourettes fully diagnosed but my psychiatrist keeps pushing it off saying having it diagnosed won’t change it, and that it’s a waste of time. And my mom keeps telling me “having it diagnosed makes like more complicated for you”. That isn’t for you to decide.

Yeah I’ve had a similar problem. Apparently my psychiatrist has known I’m moderately autistic for years but she never told me and never thought to have an official diagnosis done. It wasn’t until an autistic friend of mine said hey, i think you have ASD, that i asked my psych and she said yeah. Makes me mad.

Ya my old therapist was like “diagnoses are just for insurance purposes nowadays, I don’t like putting emphasis on labels” I was like ok, not helpful…