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What's the Diagnosis?Fri, Jan 14th 2000Over the last and a half I have been diagnosed by several psychiatrists. A hospital psychiatrist indicated the following: "recurrent major depression, severe without psychotic features and obsessive-compulsive disorder with perfectionism". The psych. that I see on a monthly basis and have seen for a year or so has indicated that her diagnosis is "severe chronic depression with obsessive-compulsive traits." A third psych. diagnosed me as having "atypical bipolar spectrum disorder, with most symptoms mixed." Is it common to have several different diagnosis? Are these three diagnoses basically the same? THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION WILL NOT BE DISPLAYED UNTIL YOU HAVE INDICATED YOUR AGREEMENT WITH THE DISCLAIMER PRINTED JUST BELOW. CLICK THE 'I AGREE' BUTTON TO AGREE TO THESE TERMS AND SEE THE RESPONSE.
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