What would you do?

The Doctor I had when I was growing up diagnosed my Borderline Personality Disordr, but didn't give me any medication, or refer me for counselling, and always told my parents that if I tried to kill myself, or hurt myself to basically ignore me, as I was just doing it for attention. So I spent my teens and twenties in hell. It's only now that I'm getting proper treatment. I feel like I could have done so much better if I'd had the right care. What can I do? Should I write my old Doctor a letter, or sue him? I'm really angry

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As sad as it is parents and doctor do make bad decision at times, I would suggest letting the past go and focus on this moment of time, and work on your mental health issue, you Can not change what happen in the past you can only learn from the past to become a stronger person, which will help you with building up tolerance and endurance and patience to become a better and stronger person. here are some of my daily practices
1, Take a moment to calm down, and relax
2. Focus on the issues that have created this chaos
3. Accept the thing you can not change or have control over
4. think about your choices
5. Think about the out comes from your choices
6. contact some one in your community mental health agency like a help line or if you want you can chat with me on yahoo messenger my id soulstore.
I wish you the best, It very difficult to see things when all emotions are racing like a burning fire of hell.
Stay Sober, Strong, and supportive to one another unconditionally with eyes and arms width open

get over it..go have a beer
I have fought depression all my life with no meds and no blame for anyone.I deal with it and dont look for quick money to sue people.And people wonder why insurance rates are so high.Move on if you want to better your life and dont look to sue someone for being human and making a mistake..,we all do and there wasnt any physical harm done.
Doctors are not Gods, they are not all knowing. Obviously he or she did not think it was that serious, that's why they say if you don't like the first answer get a second opinion.
Really, what could you gain from suing the doctor, is money or them loosing their practise going to take the fact away that you have a disorder?
For past experience, Do what ever convinces you. But enjoy what is coming next.
if i were you, i would right the state medical board where you live and strongly suggest that this mans medical license be revoked. Also, yes i would sue either him or his family for malpractice .good luck if you want you can e-mail me and i'll give you the name of someone who can help you contact the proper attorney .
Mark
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talk to your therapist. tell her or him how you are feeling. get their imput. good luck!
I worked in mental health for 3 years and we were given the same advice as your Doctor gave to borderline personality disorder patients. This could sometimes be very, very difficult especially when someone was pulling their hair out or cutting themselves in front of you. It did seem to work in the hospital environment but we all knew that we did not have the correct resources to deal with PD people.

Why add to the already growing sueing culture your doctor was only trying to do his job with what knowledge he had of your condition. Now that you are getting proper treatment then you might want to write a letter to your Dr to tell him of your experiences just to ensure that others will get better treatment from him. In clincal terms PD is a relatively newly diagnosed condition so most will still be learning about it.
I'm sorry the pain this has caused you. But unfortunately, lots of times we can't do much about a misdiagnose unless its life threatening (which your case it could have been). Ask your new provider for patient rights and how to reach a medical board which you can send your complaint to.otherwise, you may have to let it pass as a learning experience. It pays to get a 2nd opinion is to keep that in mind next time you are unsure or your parents are. But I truly am glad you are getting better treatment and the help you need now.

Reason I have responded is my son has been going through some challenges himself since he was 5, after 5 yrs of trying this and that I feel like he is getting the right treatment now.

Try to get over your anger, its frustrating I know to think doctors are able to help us but in truth they can only help if they have the right knowledge and they are learning new things everyday too. They can't be playing God, but only help as one of his flock so that is what they do.trial & error. Every person, and every case is different. Good Luck!
You could sue hi. Even if it is not for the money, you could get him fired, and that would help keep him from mis-diagnosing anyone else. You could help other people. You may not ever get those years back, but you can help someone else.
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