Post by birdy74 on Aug 18, 2017 12:36:52 GMT
Hello peoples. I am new on here and so you would not have seen or responded to any messages...well, until now..that is is you decide to respond?
Anyway, my question is....
What help is available when you have been given medication to try because it is believed you have ADHD, but one way they feel it will be confirmed is if medication works for you???
Hmmm... yes....that is what I thought...but I was not going to argue because I had waited years to get to this stage. Is any help available as in somebody to talk to regarding medication...I mean, I have the lady who prescribes me the medication but Ive not had any form of taking therapy or anything..... Reason I am asking is because I am now feeling very depressed and find myself also feeling very confused about if the medication is for me or even working?... I have been trying all sorts of medications (been through the whole lot and am now on Dexamphatemine).... I am not even sure it is working...but I have nobody to talk to. I have not seen the lady who prescribed the medication to me at all (not since initialling prescribing medication which was/is almost a year ago) and all correspondence has been done via phone calls...and to be honest I am not good on phones and so I try and keep it as quick as possible...but this also means they are really not getting to see me properly/understand me (or how I am feeling).... I did request to have a face to face appointment but had to cancel because another important appointment had also been booked on same day. I rang and cancelled and requested to have another one....I was told one would be organised and a letter would be sent. About a month later I rang and told her I had not received the appointment and they said they would get on to it and sort. 3 weeks later I had still not received my appointment so had to ring them up again (I had also now ran out of Medication) I TOLD them I was not feeling good!... Was told message would be passed on...by this time I had become even more depressed and confused (I really needed this appointment with her to talk things through), again I was told it would be sorted. Still NO APPOINTMENT....I have no medication, had no call back and now feel almost like my life is not worth living...(I have had enough...what help is there, if any at all....)
I have this morning had to ring them up again...I had rang them Wednesday to let them no I had now ran out of medication, that I don't feel good, and still no appointment had been booked for me. It is now FRIDAY!....Still No Prescription sent via Post (they usually send recorded next day delivery!).... I Rang them up again...to be told the lady was not available at that time..I said I would ring back in 5 mins...then told she would probably be in meetings all afternoon and that she will take a message....I then reel off everything which has happened for her to then tell me that the Lady in question was on annual leave yesterday and that the day before (Wednesday, when I made my call) she was very busy all day in meetings.....and so there you go...I feel totally let down...I have nobody to talk to about how I am feeling. I need to be able to talk to somebody who understands ADHD and its effects of medication....I feel like I am constantly going round in circles and not getting anywhere.....
After this phone call my partner said he would be able to collect a prescription, and so he rang up...to be told they would not be able to issue a prescription until they had spoken to..... lady in question. They had already sent her a message but they are not able to prescribe because lady needs to talk to me first??? (what about I have no clue...but I have been in and here every bloody day..and no phone call or anything!!).... This all happened this morning...It is now 1:30 and still no call or message. The thing is we do not live anywhere near the bloody ADHD building and so I can not just pop in and wait or anything...also...I have a feeling the LADY in question is not in too and is probably out on calls etc....
So there you go...It was only supposed to be a small bit but I ended up going off on a tangent...sorry about that....
What help is available?....Is there any help?...Should any help been offered?....
Anyway, my question is....
What help is available when you have been given medication to try because it is believed you have ADHD, but one way they feel it will be confirmed is if medication works for you???
Hmmm... yes....that is what I thought...but I was not going to argue because I had waited years to get to this stage. Is any help available as in somebody to talk to regarding medication...I mean, I have the lady who prescribes me the medication but Ive not had any form of taking therapy or anything..... Reason I am asking is because I am now feeling very depressed and find myself also feeling very confused about if the medication is for me or even working?... I have been trying all sorts of medications (been through the whole lot and am now on Dexamphatemine).... I am not even sure it is working...but I have nobody to talk to. I have not seen the lady who prescribed the medication to me at all (not since initialling prescribing medication which was/is almost a year ago) and all correspondence has been done via phone calls...and to be honest I am not good on phones and so I try and keep it as quick as possible...but this also means they are really not getting to see me properly/understand me (or how I am feeling).... I did request to have a face to face appointment but had to cancel because another important appointment had also been booked on same day. I rang and cancelled and requested to have another one....I was told one would be organised and a letter would be sent. About a month later I rang and told her I had not received the appointment and they said they would get on to it and sort. 3 weeks later I had still not received my appointment so had to ring them up again (I had also now ran out of Medication) I TOLD them I was not feeling good!... Was told message would be passed on...by this time I had become even more depressed and confused (I really needed this appointment with her to talk things through), again I was told it would be sorted. Still NO APPOINTMENT....I have no medication, had no call back and now feel almost like my life is not worth living...(I have had enough...what help is there, if any at all....)
I have this morning had to ring them up again...I had rang them Wednesday to let them no I had now ran out of medication, that I don't feel good, and still no appointment had been booked for me. It is now FRIDAY!....Still No Prescription sent via Post (they usually send recorded next day delivery!).... I Rang them up again...to be told the lady was not available at that time..I said I would ring back in 5 mins...then told she would probably be in meetings all afternoon and that she will take a message....I then reel off everything which has happened for her to then tell me that the Lady in question was on annual leave yesterday and that the day before (Wednesday, when I made my call) she was very busy all day in meetings.....and so there you go...I feel totally let down...I have nobody to talk to about how I am feeling. I need to be able to talk to somebody who understands ADHD and its effects of medication....I feel like I am constantly going round in circles and not getting anywhere.....
After this phone call my partner said he would be able to collect a prescription, and so he rang up...to be told they would not be able to issue a prescription until they had spoken to..... lady in question. They had already sent her a message but they are not able to prescribe because lady needs to talk to me first??? (what about I have no clue...but I have been in and here every bloody day..and no phone call or anything!!).... This all happened this morning...It is now 1:30 and still no call or message. The thing is we do not live anywhere near the bloody ADHD building and so I can not just pop in and wait or anything...also...I have a feeling the LADY in question is not in too and is probably out on calls etc....
So there you go...It was only supposed to be a small bit but I ended up going off on a tangent...sorry about that....
What help is available?....Is there any help?...Should any help been offered?....