Belated update

Someone pointed out that I never gave an update of Josh’s appointment.  To say it was a disappointment is a grave understatement.  His appointment was only with a physician’s assistant who after meeting with him twice (no more than an hour total) stated that he didn’t think my husband was bipolar because he didn’t exhibit the manic stages.  Of course this was based all on the little Josh told him.  To make matters worse this seemed to justify Josh that he didn’t have a problem which made him upset with me because he thought I was picking out flaws rather than pointing out symptoms.  My frustration was beyond words.  I let him know just how unsatisfied I was with the appointment and with him in his current state and that he needed to fight to be seen by a psychiatrist.  After a big argument and a slight breakthrough we reached an agreement: Josh would meet with the psychiatrist on post and if I feel he wasn’t given a fair analysis then we would look for someone off post who I feel would be more unbiased.  Josh’s appointment for the on post therapist is July 11^th; on his birthday.  So once again we are just waiting.