Medicine is an art...different doctors have different opinions, and knowledge changes over time.

So...what one doctor thought 5-10 years ago, maybe very well be different from what another doctor thinks now.

And well...even the best of people make mistakes.

That said, if you want to come down with a million diseases...study medicine. All of a sudden you'll start to wonder if that bug bite is a tumor. Half of the diseases out there look very similar to something else. That's why they get paid the big bucks to figure out which is which.


To me...it's less about labels than about results.

So if you want to try a different type of therapy that's supposed to be better for a different condition...I'd at least consider it.

It's not unusual for mental health diagnosis to change actually..... The reason being several of the same illness/disorders can have 'some' of the same symptoms as well symptoms can change and or evolve over time

For this reason quite often now you hear mental health professionals discussing 'labels' as opposed to diagnosis

Symptoms can be treated though regardless of what the diagnosis will end up being..... I know it's hard but try to be patient

I would work with your doctor though and if you want to you can always ask for a second opinion ….. Big hug......xo

ok well have just 2 things wrong with me sounds better than 5/6 and being on all the meds when i could just be taking one or two if any. It makes sense but D.I.D. has been called that since 1994 and formally know as multiple personality disorder........ I have seen a doctor since age 5 . Ive seen All types of mental health people and groups my whole life and every place i went it changed i went from having adhd to have it be ptsd to be the real cause and then E.M.D. bipolar depression 2 diff types of anxiety and so on.... Ive felt they had it wrong since i was younger no meds ever helping at all and it always changing ive only felt one med to help and its gabipentine **not correct spelling** i just truly feel like the guy is rite and would be best to not fool with all the crazy meds that arent really helping and just seek me someone to see a couple times a week or something for a hour or so a daya couple days a week and see if talking about everything in person will help at all. My family thinks its worth a shot cause none of the other docs would listen to me fully and this guy herd me out fully and it was no out of pocket money at all. Hes a close friend of family and family been worrying so they had him set with me . this guy set there like 3 1/2 hours and wanted to listen to my past wat problems ive had how i feel. . I mean i think hes rite i just dont want to be wrong lol

I was diagnosed bipolar 2 and PTSD at first, scottyb865, and took bipolar meds for a few years until kidney disease made my doc take me off of them. We expected bipolar mood swings to arise when the meds were removed, but they didn't. So my dx was revised to PTSD only--"Complex" PTSD from childhood.

The symptoms of CPTSD and bipolar 2 are similar, so my experience with my diagnosis isn't all that rare. The thing is one's environmental (stuff that happened to you from the outside) and one's hereditary (in your DNA), so the treatment for them's got to be different. I got lucky and got a great PTSD doc after my dx was revised, so all's well that ends well for me.

Like patti said above, "it's less about labels than about results." In the end, I got results. Just speaking from my own experience, go for the results, scotty, and it'll be all right.

i was only getting labels from my helen ross doc that why my family reached out. if its not broke dont fix it as the song goes i think......... helen ross is trying to fix the wrong things i think......maybe thats why the meds arent fully working they should hell she dont even keep hardly 15 mins and the only thing she does is say you need more time to adjust i think 23 years oftrying to adjust is long enough lol i know the ptsd is rite but some of the rest is for sure wrong ....... id rather know for sure than keep getting meds changed and not getting the rite level or amount of care im need to find out whats really wrong they have evaluated me in years and when i ask they say its not required at this time the people at the C.S.U place i had to stay for 3 days tried contacting helen ross about it may be wrong but no one would return the calls and then my next doc apt i got told off for admitting my self. ..... At the time i didnt feel things wasnt rite and i didnt want anyone around me to get hurt but yet helen ross got mad. idk but ima give this guy a shot and let him run his test to be 100 percent on it and see what happens from there just over all these pills hell im a ex junkie anyways all these pills is a major trigger anyway really when they just give you a high feeling you dont want to feel or it makes you feel worse than you did i just want to be better and know for sure whats causing all the problems l

I think you are probably right that you feeL it is DIDIn some of your posts I recall
you saying you cant remember numerous events in your past- this does
sound correct with DID see as follows:

Dissociative identity disorder (DID), also known as multiple personality disorder, is a mental disorder characterized by at least two distinct and relatively enduring personality states. There is often trouble remembering certain events, beyond what would be explained by ordinary forgetfulness.

I definitely would go with your gut instinct on this- Peace Stay Up!!!

In my experience, kids that had severe abuse/neglect before age 2-3...have challenging issues.

A real life friend (well aquaintence) adopted two children from Russia. Christian...had problems from the start. His younger sister did much better. My son was friends with their younger son in 1st grade. Although they're not friends anymore, I've run into the family from time to time and asked about how they're all doing. Last I heard Christian was in a fascility getting treatment. I can't even being to list ALL of the things that they have done over the years trying to help.

It's really heartbreaking. I believe that I'm the ONLY parent that ever invited the boy to come over to my house to play. (Kid was a perfect angel...too perfect actually. I know how it goes with kids with issues when they blow up, they blow up. At one time, I'd lived through it with my own son.)

Hugs & support, Scotty. I’ve been in a similar situation since I sought treatment again for PTSD & Anxiety this spring. Going into see a provider who rather than continue care for the reason you were referred to see them, having your doubts, questions, and fears dismissed, ignored or just insufficient to address can make the challenges and complications of mental illnesses so much harder. I still carry a lot of anger towards the provider who I had issues with recently and it still upsets me everyday.

There’s very few things that for me harder to cope with than a provider who diagnoses & treatment plans seem instinctively wrong, and my past has a very long list of doctors who I put trust in even though my gut instinct was screaming warning that something was wrong & the consequences of not seeking a second or even third opinion are still affecting my health today. The worst affect of “misdiagnosis” and having the wrong doctor is how it can destroy any future relationships with providers & faith in treatment methods.

If you have doubts or receive a second opinion that differs from the original, my opinion would be to explore fully the diagnoses, both with providers and research on your own. It helps me to try to remember most providers see so many patients every day and whether by choice or by circumstances they don’t have the time to devote to getting to really know & connect with their patients, and the most important thing I try to recall is that they aren’t me. They can’t feel what I feel, see what I am going through every second of every day. They only get snapshots of the worst parts, to see me in crisis symptoms, and even if I’ve managed some kind of stability sometimes time only allows for an inadequate summary of everything but no actual time to address it.

My suggestion, based on my experiences and advice from others is to stay open minded & honest to yourself & your doctors. If you disagree or something doesn’t feel right, let them know and ask them to clarify why and how they came to their conclusions as they may see something you don’t. And if you encounter the unfortunate kind of provider who isn’t willing to listen, educate, and most importantly address your concerns, don’t put up with it. Let them know what your needs and expectations are & as there are those providers that just are right for you..., look & find the one that is going to provide the care you deserve & meets your rights to be listened to, educated and respected.

Sorry..., that was long & likely confusing, but I am here for you Scotty, fighting a similar fight to get the right care and help understanding what is going on, and sending you tons of support.

Best wishes & lots of luck & hope that clarity come soon, and the road of healing becomes easier to see. Hugs

Scotty, DID happens at a very young age. As a child develops their identity, there self, abuse leads to the need for other selves. Often only one may know of the others' existences. They come out on an "as needed" basis, and do not know what the others know (the memory blanks). Severe cPTSD can involve disassociation, where the victim needs to go somewhere else during the abuse. Makes it hard to differentiate, though sounds like during that lengthy session that doc did see different personalities appear, which would lead to the DID diagnosis. The treatment for that is reintegration, which is a therapy unique to that condition. BTW, for many years docs didn't look for PTSD until a patient had received multiple diagnoses. Hope that helps.

Thanks a lot for everyones support