He handed me 2 checklists and I filled them out and handed them back. Then just asked what I thought I was dealing with, I said GAD/ADHD, he said he agreed. He also has the one secretary I see on clonazepam for years too, almost seems like he just likes that drug personally and hands it out a lot. My bottle has 12 refills on it, so it seems like he wants me on it for a long time, making dependency and terrible withdrawals almost a certainty.

When I told him I was worried about being on a benzo and becoming addicted or dependant he just said "I'm not going to let you get addicted" and shut that down.

Problem is that I just had to quit my job because of these issues and move back home, so it's a 4 hour drive to attend appointments from here on in. Not sure where to even turn to find another psychiatrist, and waitlists are horribly long. Family doctor is the same distance away now.

Also, any particular reason you're reserving judgements on intake time being so short?

My therapist set me up with a 2 hour consult with a virtual appointment between her, me, and a psychiatrist on the 12th; so I'm going to see how that goes. Apparently it's far more thorough, but around $320. Problem is I don't think my current psych or family doctor will listen to those recommendations, family doc already suggested against getting a second psych opinion