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You're not alone in that
My biggest problem was that I suspected Adult ADD when I was a grad student seeking help for serious depression/anxiety issues. The school's psychiatrist just kept prescribing more Zoloft, claiming that it would help with "ruminating thoughts" and WOULD NOT LISTEN when I tried to tell her that my symptoms were otherwise. When I stumbled across earlier diagnses for me as ADD I KNEW I was right and she finally figured out that I wasn't just being paranoid.
I finally requested that I see a different psychiatrist when I realized I was allowed to do so.
The new twist? Three psychiatrists later (long story) I now have someone who has shown a lot of interest in me, my history, and my family history, and she picked up on something I didn't. PDD. Which I had ALSO been diagnosed with while little and is considered to be part of the autism spectrum, and she suspects I still have something along those lines. (Best part, she explained that it didn't mean I was crazy, just different, and that wasn't necessarily bad. She also emphasized my high IQ :) ).
So the last few days I've been reseaching the spectrum like crazy and it turns out that that makes a whole lot of sense, that it explains much that ADD doesn't, and that there's also a common occurence of individuals being diagnosed with both ADD and something along the autism spectrum. Go figure.
The moral of the story is not that I think you have PDD, but that psychiatrists CAN BE WRONG. More over if they blow you off outright, then they're also acting extremely unprofessionally. Don't stand for it. If you have other financially-feasible options, start looking around for someone who doesn't have a personal agenda that blinds them to who you really are. You're not being "difficult" in doing so, you're seeking accuracy, and that's critical.
Best of luck and know that others feel your frustration!
FC
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