Lily,

I'm so sorry this happened to you. He sounds like he was frustrated or just plain clueless. Regardless, his oath is to first do no harm. I see his actions as you describe them as harmful...dismissive.

I would immeidiately get in contact with my other drs and have one of them or my GP write me out a referral to another specialist.

I'm sitting here shaking my head that he can dx you with that with all the phyisical dx's you have. Did he say why? Just because one doesn't respond as the dr feels "they should" doesn't give them the right to dismiss their symptoms.

This is a sore subject with me for a couple of reasons...I lived with trigeminal neuralgia for 16 yrs. prior to a dx and some dr's acted this way though they never said the words.

Also, my daughter was dx'ed with Grave's Disease and was dismissed for all her "crazy symptoms".

It's unfair and not right what's happened to you, but you must keep on seeking help for yourself, get the proper dx and then maybe one day in a letter you can tell him all about it and that you'll not be referring anyone there while you tell every professional or potential patient about his actions.

Some drs seem to only want to help the "easy ones", and there's nothing right about that. Again, I'm sorry this happened to you.

Regarding your question, MD's can dx bipolar, anxiety, depression, etc., so I'm thinking they can dx other disorders, but I've never read of an MD actually dx'ing one with a personality disorder. Did he actually say that or say that it might be that or symptomatic of that?

KD