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Misdiagnosis

BlueHawk

How do you 'get over' a misdiagnosis? They said I have Borderline Personality Disorder over 10 years ago. I got autism diagnosis privately about 9 years ago. I havent had anything to do with mh services since my autism diagnosis. These past 12 months have been hard. I've been referred to cmht. I've had the assessment. They have put personality disorder as my diagnosis. 

I'm absolutely distraught. It will never leave me and it influences how I am treated by health professionals , both mental and physical health professionals. I don't meet the criteria now and I don't believe I did then. 

Anyone been through similar and got through it? I don't think I need any 'help'from mh services as it seems nothing has changed in nearly 20 years. I'm considering private therapy if I can afford it.

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  • To be fair, they likely wouldn't have removed the BPD diagnosis from your record unless a specialist confirmed it was a misdiagnosis and this was added to your NHS record. If they did confirm it was a misdiagnosis, then I imagine you could just tell the service you're under now and ask them to find it in your medical record.

    However, if a misdiagnosis wasn't confirmed by a specialist, you could raise this with your current provider to get it looked into. 

    I'm sorry it must be frustrating! 

  • in reply to Ornithaur

    Thank you. Yes it is very frustrating and an ongoing barrier.

    I can't seem them saying it's a misdiagnosis  but I will raise it with them, thank you 

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