- Manic Depression----------------------------------------------Age 16
- Anorexia Nervosa----------------------------------------------Age 17
- Major Depressive Disorder-------------------------------------Age 19
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder-----------------------------------Age 20
- Panic Disorder--------------------------------------------------Age 21 (?)
- Bipolar I-Rapid Cycling-----------------------------------------Age 22
- Bulimia----------------------------------------------------------Age 23 (?)
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder---------------------------------Age 24
- Social Anxiety Disorder-----------------------------------------Age 25 (?)
- Schizophrenia---------------------------------------------------Age 27
- Body Dysmorphic Disorder-------------------------------------2002
- (unspecified personality disorder)-------------------------------2002
- Borderline Personality Disorder---------------------------------2004
- Multiple Personality Disorder------------------------------------2005
- Dissociative Identity Disorder------------------------------------2007
- (unspecified mood disorder)--------------------------------------2010
- (unspecified dissociative disorder)--------------------------------2012
Written FOR ME, BY various ME's, as we come out of denial and accept our mental illness diagnosis of an as-yet-unspecified dissociative disorder (most likely Dissociative Identity Disorder). We are learning who we are...wanna watch?
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Diagnosis Timeline
WHEN I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH WHAT (yes, I know some of these are the same thing but with a different name; I've seen about 13 different doctors)
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Good to get it straight in one's mind. Writing it all out is good.
ReplyDeleteWow that's a timeline. I wish I had something like that, unfortunately I'm relatively new to therapy and treatment.
ReplyDeleteI was once diagnosed with exotic depression. I don't know what that is, but it sounds like a great vacation spot.
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