Class Action Lawsuit - If we were Chryslers or Fords

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Subsequent to Aspergers being added to the DSM in 1994 should doctors have reviewed all prior diagnosis of depression, social anxiety or other possibly misdiagnosed conditions.

If a car company finds that the design of component affecting safety is faulty it has to do a recall to fix all the vehicles or advise people about it. Instead it appears the medical profession can just do nothing.

I have read many times on this site of the "laundry list" of diagnosis before getting to the cause of Aspergers. Then it has been Dr Google that had the correct diagnosis.

In 1984 I was told "it's just depression" and prescribed antidepressants that did nothing. I tried to explain that I felt I had "logical depression" because of my lack of social contact. Why wouldn't I be depressed if I am alone with no friends. My point is that subsequent to Asperger's being added to the DSM that diagnosis should have been reviewed. Would it be too much to have been contacted, in 1994, by the doctor I saw in 1984?

I sure if we were cars there would be a case.

Yes. It absolutely would be too much. Doctors are scrambling to keep up with the high volume of patients that are in their active caseload. It is simply absurd to think they should review the files of every single patient they've had every time a new edition of the DSM comes out and retroactively rediagnose them. Not only would it not be possible. It would be a bad idea. Attempt to diagnose a person purely on the basis of written notes (even one's own written notes) rather than actually talking to the person is a bad idea. You are assuming that the docotr would remember you and everything he knew about you from 10 years ago and could make an accurate retroactive diagnosis.

A far better course of action would be for you to ask for a fresh diagnosis from whoever is your current doctor.