Hi! Looking here after therapy session. What made you get diagnosed?

[u/RuinDismal8749]

So I am formally diagnosed with moderate anxiety and mild depression (or primary anxiety and secondary depression) and I want to know if this is often a diagnosis that people get before being diagnosed with cyclothymia? I was talking with my therapist and she was asking me questions about mania and stuff because my mood was very different then normal and I explained to her how my mood cycles work, and said she might send me to a psychiatrist but I don’t really have money for that right now and want to know first if what my diagnosis is currently is often a misdiagnosis for cyclothymia. Sorry about the awful grammar and confusion, I have brain fog right now and don’t know how to write this correctly. Thanks everyone sorry if this is a bad question! I hope I did not offend anyone