For years I’ve researched my mental health problems that have progressively gotten worse over time and everything leads me back to BPD, I fit all of the traits, I relate and have the same experiences as the majority of the posts on here, I’ve done tests and things to see if I could have it and they all lead back to yes. My mental health is progressively getting worse and I’ve been trying to get help for around 12 years now with no luck, I’ve been diagnosed officially with clinical depression and severe anxiety, but those diagnosis were made around 10 years ago and I definitely feel like there is something more. I haven’t approached my doctor about my worsening mental health in 2 years. 

I’d like to know how I could approach this with my doctor? Obviously with it being a pandemic, times for waiting and getting progress in terms of help would be slow, but I’m still interested in getting the ball rolling to get a real diagnosis and an answer to why my brain doesn’t work how other people’s do. How do I approach it? What could I say? How do I explain everything I experience and feel in a way that could make them understand?

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. 

(I want to make it clear I am not self-diagnosing myself with BPD or asking anyone for a diagnosis or an opinion on my mental health. I am simply asking for support in approaching this with my GP)

Thanks.