Hello, this is my first post ever on reddit and I'm quite nervous, but hoping somebody could help me. I have seen a mental health nurse practitioner today and she has referred me to a psychiatrist. I am just wondering what everyone's experience was like getting diagnosed and the time length and what actually happens. I've been keeping this in my head for so long, the nurse practitioner said today at first that she would prefer to treat the symptoms, but I have pushed to get diagnosed so I actually have a name for how I'm feeling, so it's validated? If that makes sense.
TIA