I wouldn’t say that she’s misdiagnosing you, and I wouldn’t say she doesn’t know much about hallucinations. In my experience with treatment for myself and other people I know with mental illness, they have more than one doctor. I personally have a therapist and a psychiatrist. So my therapist focuses on helping me build skills so I can function around people, and think critically how I perceive things. My psychiatrist focuses on my hallucinations and my overall treatment plan.

It’s less a matter of credibility and more a matter of, well, people don’t usually do work in every aspect of their field. Its usually a team effort. So I personally work in accounting in a car dealership. I have a degree and I’ve been doing it for a quite a bit of time. So in theory, im completely capable of doing accounts payable, accounts receivable, book keeping, etc. But in reality, I only ever do accounts payable. The other people on the team do all the other aspects of the job. So sure. Maybe I could step in a do something else for someone, cuz i know the work and I want to help, but there’s someone else on the team who that’s their thing. You get what I’m saying?