To think I may be beyond help?

[Beetlejuice01]

I feel like I’m at my wits end.

I’ve been told I have anxiety and depression everytime I go to the doctors. Anti depressants haven’t helped. I show symptoms of OCD, ADHD, BPD, even autism. But I just can’t work out what is wrong with me. I feel I get the bare minimum when I see a gp (yes, I know I am very anxious!!! I’ve done the same questionnaire 9000 times). I’ve been on the waiting list for therapy and an ADHD assessment for over 2 years.

I would like to do therapy privately but I don’t know what is wrong with me so I don’t want to waste money. I know each condition has varying treatments so I’d want to know what’s best first. But I can’t afford it either! I also can’t afford a private assessment especially an ADHD one.

i have been googling, self diagnosis and trying to help myself for years and years. I feel so overwhelmed :(

GP’s aren’t specialists, when it comes to more complex conditions they usually can’t provide a diagnosis just a best guess and signpost you to services which can assess and evaluate properly.

You don’t need an official diagnosis to access therapy. A (properly qualified) counsellor or psychotherapist will work based on your symptoms and how you present and engage to establish what sort of practice/method might help you best. This would be true even if you did have some sort of diagnosis: what benefits one person with a diagnosis of depression or anxiety or whatever wouldn’t necessarily benefit another. You wouldn’t be wasting money