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dizzyjess

PostPosted: Sat Dec 08, 2007 1:47 pm


I was in the doctor's surgery and I had a quick glance at the computer screen to see what was being written about me. Well it seems that my diagnosis has now changed to depression NOS.

I didn't really want to ask about it because I shouldn't have been reading my notes anyway and I have another assessment next week so I'm not sure how important it is anyway but what a fluffy diagnosis? What is that meant to mean?

I was just wondering if anyone else had an NOS diagnosis or any thoughts on the subject?
PostPosted: Sat Dec 08, 2007 7:17 pm


I'm diagnosed as Bipolar NOS because I'm a rapid cycler (like, really rapid). I just see it as: "too screwed up to fit into a nice little category" or something like that.

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PostPosted: Sat Dec 08, 2007 7:41 pm


...I wasn't aware depression had any subclasses. Or whatever they're called...
PostPosted: Sat Dec 08, 2007 9:12 pm


La Veuve Zin
...I wasn't aware depression had any subclasses. Or whatever they're called...


yeah,

major depression, dysthymia, postnatal depression, atypical depression, seasonal affective disorder, psychotic depression, premenstrual dysphoric disorder...

There's probably some more. Just stuff that gets chucked under the umbrella term of depression by doctors when they're writing textbooks.

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PostPosted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 9:19 pm


I had a temporary diagnosis of "psychosis NOS" for a while while they tested for causes and before they could make a definitive diagnosis.
PostPosted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 8:46 pm


Yeah I did wonder about it just being a temporary thing. . . The whole thing of diagnosing mental illness or whatever is bollocks. We're human beings, I don't need some up his arse shrink to tell me that.

Temporary diagnosis. I don't need to be told that I go a bit crazy sometimes, I see it when I remember it. The diagnosis thing is such bullshit. I'm just the same as everyone else, I just go a bit more extreme sometimes, hell none of my friends even think I'm crazy, they say I'm just eccentric.


I hate this s**t. I hate the pills, I hate the doctors especially, I hate it all.

I hate the labels most of all.

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