Hi Phil, are you seeing a therapist? If so, maybe you can discuss with your therapist why having a definitive diagnosis is so important to you? Does it make a difference in what psychotherapy techniques would be used with you? Does it make a difference in what meds would be prescribed to you? Does it make a difference in what insurance or disability benefits you would receive?

My therapist holds off on diagnosis. I like that. I am a person first, not a definition in a book. We work together on my symptoms, my problems, and navigate toward health. This really works well for me. I feel like he is viewing me as a unique person and not just putting me into the "box" of a particular diagnosis in a manual.