Dissociative identity disorder

dally867

I have been recently re diagnosed as dissociative disorder f44.9 unspecified. I am receiving treatment for dissociative amnesia and dissociative identity disorder. My therapist says that the nhs are reluctant to diagnose DID as it is too expensive to treat. Has anyone else had any experiences of receiving a final diagnosis after being told they are unspecified? I don’t mind paying for the treatment myself but to be left unspecified seems unsatisfactory.

dally867

Thanks for this. I am seeing a psychotherapist. I had been advised to go back to the gp to get a referral to the hospital but it was rejected by the home treatment team. I will take this up with my psychotherapist but I think you are right. Psychiatry is a grey area and how you are treated is a lottery.

durhamjaide2001

There is a lot of Facebook communities with people who have DID I would recommend them. However, I wouldn't recommend volunteering for them. Also there are a few Discord servers that have people who have DID.

dally867

Thanks. I hadn’t heard of discord servers and I am one of the few people in the world not on facebook.