Has anyone ever been wrongly diagnosed with BPD just because their psychiatrist finds them difficult?

Question

I have been given this diagnosis but don't meet the criteria, not sure how to challenge it!!!!

BY BPD I mean Borderline Personality Disorder. I don't meet the diagnostic criteria. My psychiatrist says I can controlit but I can't. I have command voices and recently ended up walking on the railway line without awareness!!!

Answer 1

Many people go into psychiatry because they themselves are nutty as hell! Ask your gfs who they go to....sometimes it's better to go outside your ins. plan to find someone decent. Don't mention to the new person the former diagnosis. If you get the diagnosis again, don't give up hope, denial is a part of BPD, just deal with it, do what the docs tell you- my mom has that and is much better now.

I knew you meant Borderline.

Answer 2

Borderline Personality Disorder is a difficult disorder to treat. I can tell you that YOUR perspective of whether you meet the criteria specified in the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM), in whatever version they're into today, is HIGHLY SUSPECT, not in that we doubt your intelligence but that your perspective of yourself, having the disorder or any related disorder, is questionable. My recommendation, being a retired mental health practitioner myself, and a possible costly recommendation I might add, is to go to a private and highly qualified psychiatrist, or Clinical Social Worker, or psychologist, and spend as much time as you feel you need, and as much time as they will want to spend, reviewing the diagnostic criteria in detail as it is or is not applicable to you. I'm not so sure you're going to get a better diagnosis, since your psychiatrist might just have it right, but you'll satisfy your, to date insatiable appetite, for "coming-to-the-bottom-of-it". You might find that your appetite for coming to an understanding that you like is much larger than the clinician's appetite for answering the questions you'll have, but, they can make good money from clients such as you, so, as the saying says: "Go for it!!" God Bless you.

Answer 3

It's called denial. I'm sure your shrink knows more about the diagnostic criteria and whether you meet them than you do. You can't challenge a diagnosis, but you can get a second opinion if you want to.

Answer 4

Bipolar has become a popular diagnosis with psychiatrists these days. I would most certainly seek a second opinion if you feel you do not meet the criteria as outlined in the DSM. I would attempt to find a therapist in your area to meet with about the issues you are facing in your life.

Answer 5

You MUST get a second opinion from a doctor who does not see the first doctor's dx. If you challenge with the current doctor and perhaps also if you see another doctor who has seen the dx, they will count it as further "evidence" that the dx of BPD was correct.

Follow-up note: Did you mean bi-polar, or borderline personality disorder?

Answer 6

sure. I once cradled a 9 12 months boy as he died after he became hit by utilizing a automobile. both one among his legs were traumatically amputated and that i have been given to observe him bleed out earlier help arrived. I were given a great number of blood on my attempting to assist, yet i became 11 and had no first help guidance. also, this became earlier cellular phones were undemanding, so 2 persons stayed with him even as a third youngster ran to get help. no longer my in demand reminiscence, that's for certain.

Answer 7

Sort of but not BPD I am not sure of the final choice but mine thinks I am crazy.

Answer 8

My grandfather was "diagnosed" with bipolar when he was really suffering from Alzheimers. Get to another psychiatrist.

Answer 9

get a second opinion