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Posted by NightStar72 on April 3, 2005, at 10:52:21
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV)
http://allpsych.com/disorders/dsm.html
This is a pretty cool web site, explaining a lot of stuff about the codes used in the DSM-IV and the AXIS.
Here is mine:
Axis I: 296.7 Bipolar I Disorder, most recent episode unspecified
Axis I (secondary) 300.3 and 309.81 Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder & Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Axis II: 301.9 Personality Disorder NOS (now know this one to be Borderline Personality Disorder)
Axis III: None Reported (now know this to be high blood sugar, cholesterol, and elevated liver levels)
Axis IV: Access to health care services, Housing, Finance, Social Enviroment, Occupational, Primary Support Group.
Axis V: Current GAF: 42
Using a 1-100 rating scale called the Global Assessment of Functional (GAF) scale, a judgment is made as to how impaired (or unimpaired) the patient is on the basis of his or her symptoms in every day life. On this scale, a score of 80 or above means basically normal every day functioning; below 50 means serious impairment, such as a recurrent unemployment due to psychiatric impairments; below 20 pretty much means that the person is in need of psychiatric hospitalization.
Posted by Dinah on April 3, 2005, at 11:19:33
In reply to DSM-IV my diagnosis, posted by NightStar72 on April 3, 2005, at 10:52:21
How do you feel about it? I didn't necessarily like reading mine. I liked my MMPI better.
My GAF from my first meeting with that pdoc was 50, my second 55. (The difference being starting going off Wellbutrin, I think.) So I'm still not sure what to make of that one.
Do you have access to a therapist?
Posted by NightStar72 on April 3, 2005, at 13:14:12
In reply to Re: DSM-IV my diagnosis » NightStar72, posted by Dinah on April 3, 2005, at 11:19:33
Yes, I agree with my diagnosis on the Bipolar and the Borderline I don't agree with the PTSD but I know I already am OCD.
I was very upset about the discovery of the BPD though, I have been struggling to save my marriage and to know that there are people out there that look down on people like me as if I am evil is not right.
The 42 score I agree with right now, I am also ADHD and over the years I have held 27 jobs in my 33 years and no longer then 3 years for 2 of the jobs, 2 others lasted one year, and the rest around 6 months each.
I am very skilled, but I get over whelmed easily with given jobs, and have the yearning to leave and get away from people from time to time. Always felt that way.
Then the opposite I get lonely and need to get around people - feel like a yoyo.
A few months a go I was worse when my ex wanted divorce, I was crying every day, and 2 weeks he did leave me. We are divorced now but he is back, so I am hoping to get better, though last night I was crying again, cause I have trouble feeling loved. I am paranoid all of the time about our relationship.
I am on Abilify 10mg and Zoloft 100mg, for 3 weeks now, so hoping to get it readjusted soon.
Posted by cubic_me on April 5, 2005, at 16:14:04
In reply to DSM-IV my diagnosis, posted by NightStar72 on April 3, 2005, at 10:52:21
I'd love to know my DSM evaluation, especially the GAF, as I am outwardly high functioning (so presume I would get a score well above 80) but with suicidal thoughts etc.
I don't know what my diagnosis is, major depression has been mentioned, and dysthymia was written on a blood form I was given, so who knows really!
Posted by NightStar72 on April 5, 2005, at 16:45:51
In reply to Re: DSM-IV my diagnosis, posted by cubic_me on April 5, 2005, at 16:14:04
This is a quote from bipolar book I am reading by Johns Hopkins Press Health Book:
Soft bipolar disorders that some researchers call bipolar III. These patients have a baseline mood that is a bit "higher" then that of most people, a personality characteristic that has been called hyperthymic temperament. Their usual energy level is high; they are cheerful, talkative, confident, and sociable. The down side of their personality style is that they tend to become irritated easily and can be impulsive, even reckless at times. They usually have a family history of bipolar disorder and are bothered by recurrent depressions. Antidepressant medication alone can make them more irratable and miserable or prooke a manic or hypomanic episode, but mood stabilizers can be very helpful.
Posted by Dinah on April 5, 2005, at 21:59:33
In reply to Re: DSM-IV my diagnosis, posted by cubic_me on April 5, 2005, at 16:14:04
I was "functioning" better when my GAF was 50 than I am now. I think it was the suicidal thoughts, etc. that got me the low GAF.
He caught me at a bad time, when I was on Wellbutrin.
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