Posted by Maria01 on September 19, 2008, at 10:57:46
In reply to How do I remove my diagnosis?, posted by Deneb on September 19, 2008, at 10:15:31
Oh, wow. That's a toughie. I take it it's on your medical and/or psych records? If you've switched T's or pdocs, you may want approach them about writing a report/addendum to your records indicating that based on their expertise, observations and interactions with you that you do not meet the criteria for BPD, and then make sure it gets added to your record.
Unfortunately, medical and psych records are legal documents, and while entries can't be removed(unelss an entry was made for the wrong person in the wrong record) addenda can always be provided that will either dispute information in the record or revise it.
A more below-the-radar option would be to not disclose any prior information i.e. not requesting that former records be sent to the new provider(s). If your BPD diagnosis is on record with any insurers, probably your only alternative is to have your current provider write a comprehensive report disputing that diagnosis and supporting their reasoning. The insurer/hospital/etc. may or may not honor that report.
This is just my personal opinion so you may take it with a grain of salt or not at all(don't worry, I won't take it personally...this is the Internet after all) I think diagnoses do more harm than good. I see so many people on this board writing " I have X" " I have Y" "My p-doc/T/social worker says I have Z" and I can tell it really upsets people, and it can wreck havoc when trying to obtain care from a new provider. When my aunt was practicing,she never documented a major diagnosis(BPD, DID, OCD, etc.) in her client's records for that very reason. The only exception would be if she had to write a report for a court case. Aside from that, she didn't do it. She didn't want her clients to define themselves by whatever diagnosis, and she didn't want the negative impact of it to affect client's future care or even employment. It just wasn't worth it. If a client's record had to be subpeoned for any reason, she didn't want whatever label to follow that client, because it could have negatively impacted them in ways they had no control over.
Just my .02....
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