Already in the introduction I have ideas that will help me when I see a psychiatrist...In fact I might even be able to talk to a psychiatrist on some other forum and/or my psych NP (whose experience is enough to answer my questions).

Something in the introduction of the book you mentioned was psychopathology not in the diagnostics manual. I may ask about this because I think I may have been misdiagnosed. It is just a thought. I started this thread because of my concerns about diagnosis. I knew that their must be someone here who was aware of alternatives to psychiatric diagnosis. Well starting with the introduction of Hipacrates Cried I have ideas to sort out this potentially bad state of not getting care that I could get if I knew what to ask for. Not knowing what to ask leads to basic answers that every patient hears about at some point. Not a helpful time when one wants to try something different from what others try in their lifetimes.