Hello Stace89: Mental illness can be so confusing. There are so many possible diagnoses. And it seems like every mental health professional one sees will have a different take on what the appropriate diagnosis is.

I've never actually received a diagnosis. I have a psychiatrist who sees me for about 10 minutes every two or three months. This may come to an end soon too since I've now gone off of the Duloxetine I was on. At this point, I don't plan to start anything new. I've seen quite a few therapists over the years as well. But they never seemed to be of much benefit.

From my perspective, it is perhaps unfortunate your psychiatrist chastised you for attempting to shed some light of your own on your struggles. She's correct that you can't diagnose yourself. But, on the other hand, you're clearly not getting allot of answers elsewhere. I've believed, for quite some time, that there was a time I could have been diagnosed as having Borderline Personality Disorder. But, any professionals I've seen have just brushed this off &, in it's place, given me nothing.

I don't know what the answer is to this. But I just wanted to share my experiences with you as a way of hopefully letting you know that you are not alone with regard to these experiences. My best wishes to you.