My very wise GP said to me after a similarly frustrating 5 minutes with the psychiatrist I saw [my initial appointment though was a full 90 minutes and he was fairly good then] that not to expect empathy from the psychiatrist. That, like the man you saw said, they're skilled at sorting medication, but leave the empathy to psychotherapists. [I am lucky enough to have been already in ongoing private psychotherapy prior to needing an expert medication evaluation.]
I know it's hard, and you want to be understood and heard completely, that's entirely understandable, and that you're disappointed. But try to hold the whole perspective in mind - including that it's New Year's Eve and just after Christmas, and to be honest a pretty cruddy time to be having a first psychiatric assessment.
I'd write down anything that you feel is essential to your getting the appropriate medical treatment you need from this man, and if need be give him a copy as you tell him.
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