Hello NesterJones: The Skeezyks is now in his mid 60's. He's been actively rattling around the mental health system hereabouts for...oh... going on 20 years now. (Prior to that I just stuffed it all down & kept stumbling along...)

Over the time that I've been in the mental health system, I've seen quite a few different mental health professionals, psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, therapists, etc. I've yet to be given a diagnosis. I presume there must be something written down somewhere for insurance purposes... probably depression. But I know that's just what's easy.

Every mental health professional I've seen has informally suggested a little different perspective with regard to what's going on with me. But it's all just so much speculation based on nothing. I'm convinced there is an age at which mental health professionals just decide you're too old to bother with. Just give 'em a script for some antidepressants & show 'em the door... next patient!

At this point I've just given up on the system & the so-called professionals who earn their living in it. I'm not on med's & I don't see a therapist. I still technically have a pdoc (whom I actually like personally.) But I plan to only see him once a year just to keep my foot in the door, so to speak, in case...

I don't know about the score question. I've taken the sanity test a couple of times. It always seemed it made me appear to be in better shape than I felt myself to be. I was once given an MMPI to complete while in a partial hospital program. They never reviewed the results with me. It just got stuffed into a file somewhere where I doubt anyone ever looked at it. I'm convinced they just did it because they knew my health insurer would pay for it.