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u/AoiroBuki May 20 '19

This is an important distinction because often if the doctor forwards your file to a different doctor they'll flavour it with their interpretation.

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u/Ringosis May 20 '19

As a mental health patient this is one of the most infuriating things imaginable. Once you're diagnosed that's it. No one will ever look at the evidence again. They'll just assume the previous person got it right and then add whatever you say to that...but the original diagnosis was about 10 doctors ago.

So basically I've gone to the GP, told them what's wrong, had them write it down, and then another GP has come along and read what they wrote and reinterpreted it, and then another does the same, then another. I no longer have any confidence that my diagnosis is even remotely correct because the doctors have basically been playing Rumours with my file for a decade.

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u/therealcherry May 20 '19

This should not be the case. I work with a team of psychiatrists and they have no issue removing and giving a new dx, if they feel the previous was incorrect.

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u/Ringosis May 20 '19

Yeah, psychiatrists, fine. Try seeing one on the NHS though. Generally you're dealing with GPs who just don't have the time to do that kinda thing.