what do you do if you feel youve been diagnosed wrongly and are not getting the right help or treatment?

Question

my mental health team have said i have borderline personality disorder, which im not disagreeing with, but the symptoms i have are just getting worse.....and im worried i have symptoms of other disorders to.
im 30 now and have suffered like this all my life, never had the right treatment and have fallen through the net.
my thoughts race everyday.....cant hold a train of thought...100 worries and anxieties racing......fleeting around. forgetting things constantly.
felt for a long time and still feel people are plotting against me....dont trust anyone...or very few.
ive isolated myself...have high anxiety and panic levels.....im afraid of going out and have stopped going out......unless i really have to.
i struggle with low moods everyday and feel hopeless, helpless...i have bleak morbid thoughts...ive stopped caring for myself...brushing my teeth etc. i have no energy...cant think clearly.
have alot of anger & rage which stems from past bullying and abuse

i always have to be aware of this anger, because i can
easily have an aggressive outburst.

i live in a one bedromm apartment by myself...no friends ive
never made any.....never had a partner.

my mums just told me shes got emphezema...shes the only
one ive had there for me.

i feel unsupported and not listened to.

theyve offered psychotherapy, but wont give
meds because he said there addictive.

the psychiatrist said all my symptoms are
down to the BPD.
but im concerned theres other stuff going on
ive got other disorders that arnt being picked up
like:

bi polar, ocd, anxiety disoorder or ptsd that ive got
as well as the borderline personality disorder.

and im not getting the right treatment for them.

what should i do?

Answer 1

I am so sorry for your situation. I cannot even imagine what that must be like. Keep doing research and asking questions and going to any doctor that might help. One thing you can do to help yourself is be sure your diet is correct. Eat lots of fruits and veggies, raw if possible, limit all meats, no process foods with chemical, NO FAST FOODS, no dairy. This could help clean up your body and give it a better chance to help its self. A great whole food supplement would also be good. www.juiceplus.com/+Lb53116

Lots of luck

Answer 2

Wow! It sounds like you are having a rough time! I'm sorry that you are in so much pain and are so angry, although, I can understand why that is.

While it's all well and good that your mental health team seems to have made the diagnosis, it doesn't sound like they're doing much to help you cope with it.

I have experienced some of what you're going through, the racing thoughts, forgetting things all the time. I've also had a bad experience with a couple of friends that made me lose trust in people, because of their dishonesty. I have also suffered anxiety and I while I had never had a full scaled panic attack, I have had chest pain due to anxiety and depression.

So, I am telling you this because I want you to know you are not alone.

You definitely sound as though you are suffering from depression, which medicine can help you with when you have come to the point that you are at. And you really do need someone to talk to, to help you heal, because your anger and rage needs to be addressed, it's just hurting your body and soul so terribly.

Psychotherapy is a great way to talk to someone to get some of your things off your chest and it is VERY beneficial. They give you some great tools in helping you deal with the experiences you're having and it just relieves some of the burden that you carry on your shoulders.

I would find someone else who is willing to listen to your needs and put you in the right direction. You definitely need a different team.

I am so sorry for your pain. You don't deserve to live your life this way. You deserve the best and to enjoy your life, no matter what you experienced in the past.

All my best-

dancingirl

Answer 3

second...third...fourth opinions....


I've answered this for someone before...go online and research your symptoms....find multiple things it could be, then when a doctor diagnoses you with one...ask if it could be something else...or this..or that....it will lead the doctor to think outside the box and he/she will rule out other disorders by thinking of why it CANT be that....that opens more doors to finding out if you COULD have something else....

Sometimes doctors run with the safest, easiest thing to diagnose and treat....we cant blame them, they see hundreds of cases of different things all day every day....so dont blame them....just question....maybe oyu'll get the right one or maybe you have the right one....

there was a story about a man in men's health magazine, and he went to over 30 doctors...I believe more than 100 actually...and he finally researched his own symptoms and wuestioned a doctor who led him to the right diagnoses..


so go with it...I' msure it'll help.....good luck! I hope you find a cure!

Answer 4

First of all - let go of your past, meaning; Don´t bring your past into the present. In this very moment you start a new blank page, where YOU decide what to write on those pages. This ultimately mean that you´re able to change yourself for each secong that passes. You got yourself into a mental instability, you can also get yourself out of it again.

Answer 5

if you really feel that way, you might think about finding another therapist.