thank you all for your helpful replies :)
Tinkles - don't worry, it depend what area you are in, bit of a postcode lottery. There was a governernment thingy a few years back called "Personality Disorder - No Longer a Diagnosis of Exclusion" and they have started developing services and generally been given a kick up the backside!
My issue with it is more a culmination of many individuals with outdated, prejudice views, misinterpreting things I say/do and writing it up in a biased way in my notes which then means the next person is dismissive and does the same thing and so on...
Anyway, good news today, got carted off to A&E by police, but saw the psych liaison team instead of the crisis team or no-one like usual. They were actually quite good and actually listened, I was able to explain the probs around diagnosis and I've now somehow circumvented the usual procedures and have a appointment on Monday for a proper assessment with a psychologist to decide the best therapy/place for therapy.
The psych liaison guys also said they could see why I was so frustrated and realised what I'm up against when they tried to find out what was going on and chase up referrals and things.
So this is VERY good news, fingers crossed for the appointment on Monday.
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