Self diagnosing mental health disorders

[Confusedmum71]

Do any parents of teenage girls have issues with their DDs self diagnosing with mental health disorders?
My DD (15) has self diagnosed a lot over the last 3 years- ADD, ASD, BPD, DID, anxiety, depression. She has also changed gender many times and adopted new names (7 at the last count I think?).

I thought that she had stopped doing this but recently found that she is on Discord (against our wishes) and is currently stating that she has both Tourette’s Syndrome and Dissociative Identity Disorder! Neither of which I can see evidence of, although I appreciate that I’m no psychiatrist.

just wondering if this is common and how to approach it. We’re on the waiting list for CAMHS support but it’s taking forever.
TIA

Oh I just came on here to ask exactly the same question!
my dd has just announced she has autism… she seems to be a normal functioning teen to me.. I’m not sure quite how to handle it.

Hope some wise person has some insight!
how old is your DD?

She’s 13 (year 9 about to turn 14)

after she announced this last week, her dad (we are separated) immediately emailed the school asking for them to diagnose her… but she’s just researching all the symptoms on the internet?!

I work in teenage MH and this is rife. Some patients have a different acronym each session. I think what it is, fundamentally, is working out who they are as well as perhaps wanting to feel special or to belong to a tribe.

I'm a secondary school teacher and I totally agree with this in terms of motivation. I know our SEND department struggles to cope with the number of pupils who want to be investigated for ADHD too. I suspect there's also an element of this to some of the very very specific gender and sexual orientation identities some of our students also have, and the fact they often choose very similar new names as other pupils and dress very similarly to each other. I don't really know what to suggest, beyond encouraging her to find her own identity away from the Internet by pursuing specific interests, and stressing the point that everyone is different in lots of different ways.