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bluemoontarot · 2 years

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Lil reminder that self diagnosing can be a good way to help doctors focus on the symptoms that make your life difficult!

Reminder that a good percent of mental illnesses have symptoms that overlap! Did you know PTSD and ADHD have almost identical symptoms when it comes to being over or under stimulated??? Me neither! I thought I had ADHD for years but it turns out I just have complex trauma!!

Anxiety and autism also are two that have a lot of overlapping symptoms!

MPD or now known as DID is actually EXTREMELY rare and HAS to be developed either genetically or through a VERY INTENSE trauma at a young age. This often gets mistaken with Bipolar, please do research bc the treatment for these are VERY different and the meds do WILDLY different things.

This has been a PSA from a 25 yr old who grew up around psychologists and lots of therapy and has read too many books.

#i have a system!#mental health #ptsd #anxiety #autism #adhd #self diagnosis #psychology #DID isn't bad #but the treatment is intense #and ive seen a rise in kids being like without proper diagnosis and it's like...#no you dont sweetie you have something else #systems are complex and ppl lose time and memories and cannot control switches and its very taxing on the person #please please do intense research so you get the correct treatment #bc meds for DID and Schizophrenia and meds for Depression and Bipolar are VERY DIFFERENT #and being prescribed thr wrong meds can really fuck you up #your health is important #take care of yourselves #psa #tw mental illness #opinion piece

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