How many psychiatrist appointments will it take to get a diagnosis?
Don’t wish for a diagnosis, it will come soon enough, and once they are sure what it is they will give it to you. Many people feel that once they receive their diagnosis they are labelled for life and are therefore subject to all the stigma and discrimination that can go along a mental illness. I find it strange that you are having more than one assessment, normally someone would have one assessment and then appointments to follow up, providing the assessment proves the need for treatment. It does sound that you suffering a great deal and that symptoms that are common to more than one diagnosis are present, this could be the reason that they haven’t defined quite yet, which illness covers them all. My suggestion would be to make an appointment to see your GP and discuss it with him/her. Just because you are seeing a psychiatrist doesn’t mean that you can’t still receive help and support from your GP, that is what they are there for. If your symptoms are causing you major problems then
