Originally Posted by Zar

One thing I've found when dealing with mental illnesses, is that it can be somewhat easy to first self-diagnose yourself based on reading you've done, then convince your psychologist/psychiatrist to agree with you. I went through a phase where I was absolutely convinced I had bi-polar disorder. I ran through the symptoms I had read about and told my therapist how I thought I had it. She basically said, "yep, sounds right." And referred me to a doctor to get a script. As it turns out, I most definitely do NOT have bipolar disorder, and the medication funked me up in numerous ways until I figured out what was going on. I'd fallen into the easy trap of self-diagnosis, and my therapist helped me along the way.

Essentially, find a therapist that's willing to evaluate you critically and seriously, not a lazy one looking for ways to speed patients though as quickly as possible.