[lelanthran]

> As someone who really struggled to get a diagnosis as an adult, followed by medication, I would suggest trying to get a diagnosis from a psychiatrist.

Diagnosis from psychiatrists are not based completely on self-reported data.

> Go through the process and expense and let us know how easy it is.

For a psychiatric diagnosis it's a long and laborious process, because those are actual doctors. Unfortunately they take referrals from Psychologists, and those diagnoses are based on almost completely self-reported data.

TLDR: It's exceptionally easy to get a Psychologist to confirm someone's self-diagnosis as long as that person knows what "symptoms" they must self-report. It's exceptionally difficult to get a Psychiatrist to confirm someone's self-diagnosis.

I am not addressing, in any way, the diagnosis from a Psychiatrist. I am limiting my argument specifically to diagnoses from Psychologists.