History of mental illness associated with patient misdiagnosis? How often does this happen?

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I'm doing a research paper and would like to know how common this is.

If you have a history of some form or mental illness (depression, anxiety, OCD, ADD, etc) have you ever been discriminated against during a doctor's visit? For example: You complain of insomnia, random pain, etc and your doctor attributes your symptoms to your mental illness without doing any additional tests to determine if an unrelated illness is to blame.
Have you had any experience in this area? Do you have any info on this subject? Links would be wonderful!

Yes this has happend to me, i'm not sure if this what you need. But I have major depression, PTSD, anxiety, can't sleep. So I was raped in nov. ( I got looked at and everything) Will I went to my doctor and told her that i was having alot of pain down there. She told be that it was just a side effect from PTSD, my body reacting to it. So I belived her thinking it was all in my head. Will I went to Plan parenthood, to get a IUD. They have to make sure you are clean not infections before they palce it and they where checking me out and the frist thing she said me to me was oh hun, you have a major yest infection and a major baldder infection she said I have had it for awhile and if I would have waited any longer it would have go to my kidenys.

I hope this is kind of what you where looking for. I will try to think of others i know there is more. I'm sorry if this was not helpful.

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2 Comments on History of mental illness associated with patient misdiagnosis? How often does this happen?

  1. wink_cassy on Sat, 22nd Nov 2008 8:01 pm

    2. Yes this has happend to me, i'm not sure if this what you need. But I have major depression, PTSD, anxiety, can't sleep. So I was raped in nov. ( I got looked at and everything) Will I went to my doctor and told her that i was having alot of pain down there. She told be that it was just a side effect from PTSD, my body reacting to it. So I belived her thinking it was all in my head. Will I went to Plan parenthood, to get a IUD. They have to make sure you are clean not infections before they palce it and they where checking me out and the frist thing she said me to me was oh hun, you have a major yest infection and a major baldder infection she said I have had it for awhile and if I would have waited any longer it would have go to my kidenys.

    I hope this is kind of what you where looking for. I will try to think of others i know there is more. I'm sorry if this was not helpful.
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  2. Anna3 on Sat, 22nd Nov 2008 8:21 pm

    3. I once went to my general practitioner and complained about being too thin and was hoping that there was some sort of medication that he could put me on to make me gain weight. He diagnosed me with depression and put me on anti depressants. I told him that even though I didn't feel depressed, I would try it. Well, it ended up making me lose weight. I think that sometimes doctors just don't listen to their patients.
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