Subjectivity

[firemonkey]

One pdoc looks at THE notes and decides personality disorder instead of sza mixed . 13 years later another pdoc sees me and says sz and autism more likely . He then looks at the notes and says schizoaffective is the right dx(along with ASD) .

That suggests there’s a lot of subjectivity involved in assigning a label to a person .

[Dougella]

It is interesting that you have been given different diagnoses by different psychiatrists over the years. I guess knowledge about certain conditions does evolve over decades, but still!

[firemonkey]

The PD diagnosis occurred because of a breakdown in the mental health team/service user relationship that was seen to be ,quite dishonestly, a one sided fault.
I was seen as 'awkward and demanding' for wanting more help and support .

I have a much better relationship with my current mental health team,i.e depot nurse and psychiatrist than I had with the mental health team in Essex.

[Dougella]

^ That is terrible, you should never have been labelled awkward and demanding for simply asking for more help and support. And it certainly shouldn't have affected your diagnosis.
I'm glad you're having a better time with the current mental health team.