GP's dabble in psychiatry over here too. Actually depression and anxiety are not seen as mental illness here, so you can't see a psychiatrist unless a GP has thought you have something else (or more)... and he's just a GP so he has no idea when to send people to specialists, meaning they basically don't. And then they mess around with what meds they are allowed to handle (basically Zoloft). I don't see other types of patients barred from specialists so I wonder what this is all about.

Yes, an initial misdiagnosis can mess you up for a long time. I don't think I'm over mine and it's been over than 20 years... I wish they'd understand how they mess up people's lives!