Please don't feel silly. Feel blessed. What a good doctor this man is! Help and comfort are where you find them. Don't assume a pdoc would treat you more effectively. I've had some dismal encounters with some pdocs.

Your ob/gyn demonstrates a sincere interest. He sounds trustworthy. In my early twenties, I was cautioned by my gynecologist against placing too much faith in psychiatrists. He was right. The specialty of psychiatry attracts a wide range of persons with startling variation in competence. As a patient and as a healthcare worker, I've met some real loser-pdocs. In no other medical specialty have I seen so much incompetence manage to go unchallenged. There are residents training in psychiatry who picked that because they were afraid to pick anything else, or washed out of something else. Some disciplines are found congenial by those following the path of least resistance. For instance: In college, I never met a math major who didn't have some real talent and enthusiasm for what they were studying. On the other hand, psychology seems to attract any number of directionless students who envision themselves as having a gift they don't have to prove.

There are good pdocs who make some good calls. I've benefited from a few helpful consults with good pdocs. But you're just as likely to walk away from a pdoc consult with a bogus diagnosis and some poor advice. By way of evidence, I've gotten an assortment of diagnoses from a variety of pdocs. This is so not an exact science.

If seeing your ob/gyn makes you feel supported, I'ld continue doing so for now. He's been in the trenches with women facing all kinds of tough problems - physical and emotional. He's racked up all kinds of gritty experience and likely has gained some wisdom applicable to your situation.