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Question: Have you been misdiagnosed in the past as having depression?
Yes - 3 (75%)
No - 1 (25%)
Total Voters: 3

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« on: July 16, 2010, 09:50:22 AM »
I was diagnosed with depression/anxiety at 16 or 17 ( but symptoms started before then).
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« Reply #1 on: July 16, 2010, 10:11:33 AM »
As far as I know I have not but I went to the same doc for a few years who never told me what he thought.  I found out once I went to switch doctors that he had diagnosed me Bipolar a year before.
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« Reply #2 on: July 16, 2010, 02:37:41 PM »
I was diagnosed at 15 with severe clinical depression.
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« Reply #3 on: July 16, 2010, 06:52:25 PM »
at 14 i was diagnosed with clinical depression and anxiety disorder.
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« Reply #4 on: July 17, 2010, 11:14:11 AM »
No, I made an appointment when I was depressed but by the time it was time for the appointment I was getting manic.
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« Reply #5 on: July 18, 2010, 10:17:24 AM »
 Yes...in my 20's I was dx'd with depression & anxiety.
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« Reply #6 on: July 19, 2010, 04:56:51 AM »
I am really concerned by the lack of knowledge about bipolar disorder especially of the cyclothymic and bipolar II varieties and the seemingly high rates of misdiagnosis. (Of course, there is more to know about bipolar I and the brain in general too!) I can't wait until brain science develops further...
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« Reply #7 on: July 19, 2010, 08:31:23 AM »
The milder types are harder to diagnose because the symptoms are less obvious but the person afflicted suffers in the meantime.
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