diagnostic overshadowing is a common occurace. It happens with physical illness as well as mental. Sometimes it can be hard for a doctor to know what the symptoms of one disorder end in order to know which are different or new.
Doctors are only human afterall. sometimes it's just a case of seeing a idffeerent doctor. Other times you can take someone with you to help get your point across. But there are leaflets and information booklets on the topic and Rethink has a campaign at the moment about it (though I think it's on hold right now for their jury and election campaigns)
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