Co-Occurring Diagnoses that Sometimes Accompanies Dissociative Identity Disorder

Merve Balcıoğlu

As if having dissociative identity disorder (DID) isn’t stressful enough, most of those who are diagnosed with it also are plagued with other diagnoses, both mental and physical, that make their lives even harder.

Today this article will discuss only a few of the co-occurring diagnoses that can accompany dissociative identity disorder.

Co-Occurring Mental Health Diagnoses

There is a myriad of mental health problems that can accompany dissociative identity disorder including any and all of the following:

· High Functioning Autism

· Major Depressive Disorder (MDD)

· Bipolar Disorder

· Psychogenic Seizures

· Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

· Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

· Body Dysmorphic Disorder

· Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)

· Drug or Alcohol Dependence or Addiction

The list is endless. To be clear, not everyone who lives with the diagnosis of DID has these co-occurring diagnoses, but many do.