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Oct 15, 2020 at 03:56 PM
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Wondering how long people were seeing a therapist before getting a diagnosis. Is a diagnosis standard? I've been going 7 weeks now. No diagnosis, but the doc recommended I join a DBT skills group.
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Oct 15, 2020 at 04:21 PM
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 This is not the ''common wisdom'' in the forest irl where I reside  It is not uncommon to diagnose in half an hour or less, and a GP, not even a shrink 
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Oct 15, 2020 at 04:25 PM
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 I do think this can and probably would, be helpful to all, bipolar, anxiety disorders, ''borderline'' or even ''common unhappiness''. I am not a professional so take anything I say with a bucket of salt 
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Oct 15, 2020 at 07:01 PM
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The average bipolar diagnosis occurs 8 yrs after symptom onset.
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Oct 16, 2020 at 08:00 AM
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Hi friends! I didn't delete my account although that day I did ask for them to delete it, guess they ignore those requests...?
Anyhoo, I just wanted to say hi and to answer singularity's question: here what they do is you sign up for an "intake evaluation" where someone who is specialized in diagnosing has a meeting with you for about one and a half hours and asks all sorts of questions, then they come up with your diagnosis and suggest treatment. It's a very grueling 1+1/2 hours, but I'm glad I have an accurate diagnosis now. I am grateful that therapy seems to be helping Much love 
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Oct 16, 2020 at 03:14 PM
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