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How Can I Be Sure That I Have Been Diagnosed Correctly With Mental Illness?

Hi last year I was told that I have borderliline personality disorder with major depression this year after a different consult was told its anxiety disorder and mood swings could be due to BPD was on 150 mg pristq have just been weaned off that and will be going onto 25 mg Zoloft found the pristq stopped all happy moods but didn't stop the mood swings any other way been doing research online and found that I can relate myself to a number of different illness how can I be sure I've been given correct diagnoses please help my life struggles due to how I can be Grace
Mon, 17 Feb 2014
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Thanks for writing to health care magic.

If you doubt the diagnosis made by your doctor take a second opinion. If the second doctor also makes the same diagnosis then there should be any doubt regarding the diagnosis made. If you think you have not given a proper history or so please give a complete and detailed history which may help in making a correct diagnosis.

Continue to ask further queries as required.
Hope this helps.
Take care.

Dr Y V Siva Sankara Murty,
M.D.(Pediatrics)
Associate Professor,
Pediatrics.
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How Can I Be Sure That I Have Been Diagnosed Correctly With Mental Illness?

Hi, Thanks for writing to health care magic. If you doubt the diagnosis made by your doctor take a second opinion. If the second doctor also makes the same diagnosis then there should be any doubt regarding the diagnosis made. If you think you have not given a proper history or so please give a complete and detailed history which may help in making a correct diagnosis. Continue to ask further queries as required. Hope this helps. Take care. Dr Y V Siva Sankara Murty, M.D.(Pediatrics) Associate Professor, Pediatrics.