The article highlights the personal accounts of individuals in the BuzzFeed Community who experienced medical misdiagnosis, sometimes over several years. Many shared stories of misdiagnosed mental health conditions, like autism being mistaken for bipolar disorder, as well as physical symptoms, like an undiagnosed rash being misidentified as eczema. Their experiences highlight the frustrations and emotional toll of navigating misdiagnoses, particularly when health professionals dismiss their concerns or offer incorrect diagnoses based on limited assessments.
I was misdiagnosed at therapy for years. Now, I finally have a correct and proper diagnosis: autism. My therapists thought I had bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, psychosis... and a whole lot of incorrect illnesses.
I started getting what I thought was a rash when I was around 15 years old. It never really went away... my GP... decided with only her eyes that it was eczema. I treated it as eczema for years.
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