special k, si completely right.
You can look at articles,read books,and to learn stuff is good, but don't try to "self-diagnose", you need a pdoc to make the exact evaluation, and if needed write you a script for meds or a med if he or she feels necessary.
Gp's are alright to get referral, but really are not qualified to make the true,exact DX for mental disorders.
For awhile my GP/Internest, would claim I was depressed and hand out and try different SSRI's on me, when actually I was mildly Bipolar and mildly ADD, the ADD I suspected for years,but the other I never noticed, nor did the GP. I finally gotten bad enough (depression) that I went to a psychologist who then refered me to an excellent pdoc, she and him,concluded the same things from their professional findings, and a mood stabilizer at a low dose is all I needed, besides some talk therapy to help along with some family issues that had seem to be triggering all this.
I'm episode free and have been on a very low dose of my meds.
I know I got a little lengthy here, but main point I'm trying to make is see a mental health professional, and stop self-dxing, it will produce the "what ifs and maybes it's this", which is uneccessary anxiety.
Just my 2 cents.