Thank you all for your posts. 2daffodils experience sounds similar to mine. I've found timely care when on the psychiatric ward (and after release) some years back, but otherwise have struggled to get anything. I'm in British Columbia. I would hazard a guess that the local public health unit's psychiatric services are geared towards helping people who are currently in crisis, which is not currently me. I've never had anything but psychiatrists through the public health unit. I have extended health coverage through work (currently on medical leave) as well as the public health care here in BC.

My GP said the private psychiatrists' offices provided no reason for declining to take me, they just simply declined. She's going to try more. My GP is really good and I've known her since I was a small child. I fear having to wait months and months to get in to see a psychiatrist in private practice. It's really dejecting and makes me feel hopeless when I can't get any care that I need.