Hey everyone, 

I recently discovered this sub and felt a familiarity with what a lot of you were describing. I brought this up with my caseworker in our meeting this week and she confirmed that this is what she had suspected all along. (We've been meeting since September after I was referred for a suicide attempt)

This is an informal diagnosis with just a note on my record to say that it had been discussed as she cannot give me a formal diagnosis. She suggested that currently she feels I do not need to be formally diagnosed as I seem to be coping well however if I wish she will set up an appointment with a psychiatrist to have me formally diagnosed.

What I was wondering is what experiences others have had pre/post diagnosis and how it has affected their treatment and day to day life. Have there been any negative consequences of a formal diagnosis?

Currently I'm just happy to have a name for it so I don't feel so alone, I've spent a long time wondering why my brain worked the way it did and why I behaved in such a damaging way.
