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psychochondriac 

A person who is self-diagnosed with multiple psychological disorders. Examples include OCD, Autism, Munchausen syndrome by proxy, Tourette's syndrome, ADHD, Bipolar disorder, and Agoraphobia.
Because Bob is a psychochondriac, he called his doctor and requested medication after watching the Dateline special on Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.
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psychochondria 

Parallel to hypochondria - a person who is abnormally anxious about their mental health. Someone who will self-diagnose themselves and/or state they have multiple psychological "disorders" either all at once or continuously over time.
My girlfriend, Debbie Downer, thinks she has BED, ADD, OCD and bi-polar depression but she's never been to a doctor. I'm pretty sure she's just likes to eat, is lazy but likes things in order and is a party pooper. It's probably just a case of psychochondria.
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