Hi @Neo and @Appleblossom,
I have a few things I have been diagnosed with and despite my having had the symptoms for 15+ years I was only diagnosed with in the last few years.
This was my doing though because any time a dr mentioned a mental health assessment I changed dr fearing that it would make me like my mother.
It was only when switching became noticeable to others outside of the few that helped me hide it did I finally give in.
I expected the anxiety diagnosis due to my fainting spells being put down to anxiety and stress. But appart from that the only other mental health thing I knew about was schizophrenia due to my nan having it and bipolar because by mother has it but won't go get properly diagnosed despite 6 drs and 4 psychologists telling her that she has it.
So when I was diagnosed with depression, CPTSD and DID I was not only surprised to have something completely different but that I could be diagnosed with so many. They knew my family history with mental health because I made a big point of telling them that I don't have what my nan and mum have.
But also in saying that I had to see a dr other then my normal recently and he reckons I do have bipolar
