Posted by willow on April 22, 2001, at 22:01:05
In reply to Diagnoses?? why can't i get one????, posted by tina on April 22, 2001, at 20:28:00
"Is this a canadian psychiatrist thing or is it just the docs I've seen?? i've been to 4 therapists and 1 social worker and none of them have ever given me a diagnosis."
I've seen one psychiatrist here in Canada and I'm sure they're not all like him, but I doubt I would ever use one again. I've been seeing the same psychologist for three years now and have just recently needed to have my disability claim refiled by him. And thus needed a "diagnosis." It had never come up before that. He literally just went through the DSM thing and found what fit my symptoms.
Just out of curiosity, since your brought up the topic, I'll ask my gp what his diagnosis is! This should be interesting to see if it is similar to the psychologist's. I'll let you know next month.
(What province are you in? I'm in northern Ontario.)
How long have you been with your present care provider? Maybe with psychiatric illnesses it takes longer to come up with a diagnosis??
Willow
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