How do I end a relationship with a psychiatrist?

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I believe I just need to stop making appointments.

Do I need to even tell her?

A simple, "Thank you for all your help, but I feel the need to move on" will suffice.

Leave a message on their answering machine saying you've found someone more your type.

Alternatively:

Just don't go again and avoid any calls you happen to get from her.

If you have to pick up the phone, just don't say a word when the shrink is on the other end and says her name. Just hang up.

If you have an appointment scheduled, simply call and say you would like to cancel it. They'll probably ask if you would like to reschedule. Say, "No, not at this time, thank you." Then never call them again, unless you need your records transfered to a new psychiatrist.

BTW, the way in which you end the relationship should in no way affect your ability to release your records or transfer them to a different office, or what they'll say. For instance, they will not write, "Bad patient! Never called to reschedule!!" Doctors of all kinds routinely have patients who stop making appointments - they will neither be shocked nor offended.

Well, with mine... all she did was "try this medication", "how that medication?" That's not what I went for. So I asked he when she was going to get to the analyzing part, because I felt like I was wasting my time and money.
She said psycyiatrists don't do that anymore, they just diagnose and prescribe.
So I said I wasn't coming back. She didn't charge me for that visit, which was nice of her.

But she did try to get me to go take a $300 personality test from some friend of hers... NO.

No you don't need to tell her. Just don't schedule any more appointments. There is no reason for you to have to give her an explanation. If not talking to her any more is what's best for your health, then don't.

I said I couldn't afford it anymore...

How long has it been going on?

It's not me, it's you...

I always just stopped showing up.