Not sure I quite get this. What do you mean when you say either or?

I am totally on the fact that I have been in this cycle for too long, which is why I sought professional help in the first place after all this time.

However, where I live in the UK, it appears I don't meet the criteria (or my symptoms aren't bad enough) for my GP to make a referral to psychiatry.

I am now going to take up a private appointment, just haven't done it still.