For me, being misdiagnosed, resulted in not getting the right help. Being disgnosed with as many things as i was, made no one want to treat me. I have been in the system for ten years and some years i didnt get help at all because i had so many different diagnoses that no one knew where to treat me as they only specialized in one thing. So i was just given tons of medications that didnt help and i was told over and over again by so many people that i couldnt be helped which left me feeling hopeless and suicidal.
It wasnt until i was diagnosed with schizophrenia i actually got proper help and i started improving.
So for some people, having the right diagnosis do actually matter and it is very important as it can make the difference between getting help and being completely on your own, believing you will never get better.
Whether we like it or not, a diagnosis (the right one) is important, not because it changes you, but because it changes the treatment you get or even whether you will get treatment at all in the psychiatric system.
I was discharged from hospital after a year once and everyone agreed i needed intense treatment but becuase i had so many doagnoses, no one would treat me. I didnt fit into a specific box so i ended up going two years without help at all. And ended up in hospital again. It was very traumatic for me and made me far worse.
I think it shouldnt be the diagnosis thats important but the symtoms and struggles of the patient but as the system works now, it is the diagnosis that decides if you get help pr not, where you get help or how much help you get. That is unfortunate in my opinion but its how it is.
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