**TLDR: If you asked to be evaluated for BPD, what was it like?**

**Quick story before my question:** I'm 99% sure I have BPD and have been trying to get an appointment to be evaluated for a week now. The psychiatrist who handles my medication only does 15-30 minute video calls to check in on how I'm reacting to medication (with the soonest appointment available being over a month out), so I was told I needed to find someone who a) is a therapist or psychologist and b) does at least 1-hour, in person appointments. Like so many others in the US, my insurance is a bitch. I just turned 19 and am no where near financially independent enough to be on my own insurance and I barely know how to navigate the medical world. Plus, as I'm not a minor anymore, my parents can't really do much to help me so I've been on my own for this one.

My insurance directed me to a list of providers who supposedly take my insurance, but all of them were either not taking new patients, did not actually take my insurance, or are specifically for things NOT at all related to BPD (i.e., at least 6 places I called were for children with autism). After calling literally 50 people, I messaged my psychiatrist again begging for help. Lo and behold, he's out of office for the next two weeks and his assistant messaged back. However, she did say I could call the insurance helpline and talk to a NP to plead my case and see if I could get moved up on the priority list. 

After being on hold for 50 minutes and walking the very thin line between being prioritized and hospitalized, I finally got an in person, 1-hour appointment for the 9th of this month (5 days from now) with a psychiatric social worker nearly two hours away. I have to get up at 5am to be there in time, and the nurse on the phone said she doesn't even know if she can diagnose me, but the SW works with personality disorders. I'm crossing my fingers she can help me, and emailed her just in case too. She hasn't responded yet, but I'm hopeful.

**Anyways, that's all to ask...if you specifically asked to be evaluated, how did it go?** Did it take one session or more? Is there anything I should be aware of? **Thanks in advance!**