Wrongly diagnosed!! Anyone else ??

[cyndibelle]

Ok let me give you some background.. about 5 years ago...i changed as a person..i had two beautiful children who are the loves of my life...i had a nice home...a good husband..but i wasnt happy in that aspect of my life..the marriage part that is...soo i started to be distant...not so happy all the time..Well hubby thought i needed to go see someone..so i did..and they told me i was of all things..BI POLAR!! Well excuse me..but i dont have any of the classic symptoms of that!! But husband said well that explains why she is the way she is to me...NO IT DOESNT..I AM NOT HAPPY!! So on meds i go!! They did nothing but make me into a robot...after awhile i started to think..you know what i dont need this stuff!! so i stopped taking it..Feel better than ever!! ...I finally ended my marriage and i have been in counseling since..Now by two different counselors i have been told i DO NOT HAVE BI POLAR!! They both know who the Doc was i was seeing and they both shake their head.. Mental illness is a serious thing..and i think docs should take it more seriously than they do sometimes...They are so quick to just medicate before they really get to the bottom of what is going on...Sooo now here i stand...5 years later...Free of my unhappiness and moving on to the life that i want and i want my beautiful children to have..LIFE IS GOOD!!!

 

[ADisneygirl]

Glad things worked out for you in the long run. That is scary to be not only misdiagnosed, but then mis-medicated for years. I hope your life continues to be a happy one.

 

[C.Ann]

Make sure that all of your regular medical records have been corrected.. Any misdiagnosis dealing with mental issues, depression, etc., can haunt you for years.. It's not uncommon for a doctor to decide that symptoms that are not caused by an obvious injury or ailment to write it (and you) off as being caused by "depression"....

 

[The Mystery Machine]

I kept having "pains" in my chest. I went to my reg. doc, I went to an ER a couple of times. I even went to a gastro doc.

They all thought I was suffering from "depression"/ "anxiety"... I would have this pain come and go like someone was sitting on my chest.

My reg. doc prescibed me zoloft...but I could NOT take it. So she gave me "muscle relaxers". I thought I was having "panic attacks".

I moved to Texas got a new doc, saw a new gastro, she did my tests, and diagnosed me with ACID REFLUX.

OK...docs and ER's couldn't figure out I had ACID REFLUX. I even went to a gastro...he thought I was bananas.
My symptoms are not "textbook"....lots of doctors are really crappy doctors.

 

[phorsenuf]

Yep, sure have. About 6 years ago I thought I was having a stroke. Spent 3days in the hospital with problems on my left side and some foot drop. Got discharged with them saying its a form of migraines that mimic stroke symptoms (can never remember the name). Well Nobody in my family (especially me and DH believe it was a migraine). If is wasn't a stroke then why do I still have problems with my left side? Even when I smile its lopsided now.
Not much I can really do about it now, but it sure is annoying.

 

[dmslush]

Yes, years ago, I was diagnosed as bipolar after a dr had me fill out a questionnaire. I also was prescribed meds that made me feel like a robot, like I was in a fog all the time. I stopped taking them, and went from Dr to Dr for YEARS before I was finally diagnosed with Hypothyroidism. It then took going to several dr's before I could get my meds regulated and start feeling human again.

 

[cyndibelle]

Its crazy...i am wondering too about my diagnosis of Menieres disease..about 3 years ago i was going about my day..i bent down to pick up my son and boom it was dizzy..it got worse and worse..well they did the tests ..yep no doubt Menieres....well has a cat scan and an mri and they showed..i had chronic bilateral sinusitus...off to have sinus surgery i go...I GOT BETTER..then i got worse..another bad sinus episode..had surgery again..now mind you..that was 3 years ago..and well today..nothing nada..no indications of Menieres AT ALL!! If you are familiar with Menieres it is a gradual decrease in hearing and loss of balance over time...well me...i am right as rain..could i possibly been misdiagnosed TWICE!! I guess it can happen!!

 

[Sinderelli]

Yep, sure have. About 6 years ago I thought I was having a stroke. Spent 3days in the hospital with problems on my left side and some foot drop. Got discharged with them saying its a form of migraines that mimic stroke symptoms (can never remember the name). Well Nobody in my family (especially me and DH believe it was a migraine). If is wasn't a stroke then why do I still have problems with my left side? Even when I smile its lopsided now.
Not much I can really do about it now, but it sure is annoying.

Sounds like Bell's Palsy....was that explored as an option?

 

[phorsenuf]

Sounds like Bell's Palsy....was that explored as an option?

I honestly do not know, but interesting you say that as my brother had an episode of that a few years back.

 

[cyndibelle]

i think docs sometime just guess and unfortunately guess wrong..