I frequently question whether my issues are due to my tbi or if it's situational things, I've had several diagnoses for probably everything known to the tbi community but i always wonder, how could anyone ever possibly know? I've had friends say I'm bipolar but am i? Or do i just have a low tolerance for bs and occasionally take things out of context like the average person. I feel the constant need to search for a category i fit into and by doing so i also feel I'm over educating myself and becoming a hypochondriac but i don't trust a doctor to diagnose me with anything after a short office visit. I feel I'm better diagnosing myself since well I'm me 24/7 but then i also wonder what i don't see and the things i may think are worse than reality.
Where's the balance? I feel i fit the symptoms of many many things for the most part but it's not like doctors analyze "healthy" people to compare to either. I wonder how much of what i go thru normal" people do as well and maybe my symptoms are just more closely analyzed because of my tbi