Post by justyouraveragemess on Aug 15, 2018 10:54:28 GMT
Dear all,
I have thus far avoided this website, ever since it was recommended to me by a therapists several months ago. This is because I did not want to admit that I had ADHD, for it would feel so easy to, as if I could blame all my most pressing faults on something I had no control over. Yet, the possibility that there was something 'wrong' with me, that it didn't need to be this hard, led me to pursue the process of diagnosis anyway. Since then I have had time to think, speak to professionals, and I am now fairly sure that I have ADD. I still have some insecurities about admitting this, due 'no doubt' to a 'no nonsense' upbringing and misguided idiotic masculine pride.
The reason I now come to this site is that I have encountered difficulties in the diagnosis progress, and wondered if anyone here might have wisdom to offer.
I shall endeavor to be brief, I first went to the doctor in January of this year and have since been through a specialist therapist and psychiatrist, all three of which referred me onward. I am now on the waiting list of a specialist psychiatrist who has the authority to ascertain whether or not I have ADD. I have just discovered that the waiting list is 4-6 months long, something I'm sure I should have expected. By the time I have an appointment my last year at university will have finished, and I will return home, forcing me off this waiting list. This is irritating, not least as by the time I receive any assistance I will have finished struggling through four years of university. More to the point, I will be moving to a new system and a new process of diagnosis. I am currently on the Swansea area list, but will be moving back to West Sussex, specifically Crawley.
My questions are; does anyone have any experience with the process in this area? Is there a way I can bypass the parts of the process I have already been through and move straight onto a specialist's waiting list?
Yours sincerely,
From a messy life
I have thus far avoided this website, ever since it was recommended to me by a therapists several months ago. This is because I did not want to admit that I had ADHD, for it would feel so easy to, as if I could blame all my most pressing faults on something I had no control over. Yet, the possibility that there was something 'wrong' with me, that it didn't need to be this hard, led me to pursue the process of diagnosis anyway. Since then I have had time to think, speak to professionals, and I am now fairly sure that I have ADD. I still have some insecurities about admitting this, due 'no doubt' to a 'no nonsense' upbringing and misguided idiotic masculine pride.
The reason I now come to this site is that I have encountered difficulties in the diagnosis progress, and wondered if anyone here might have wisdom to offer.
I shall endeavor to be brief, I first went to the doctor in January of this year and have since been through a specialist therapist and psychiatrist, all three of which referred me onward. I am now on the waiting list of a specialist psychiatrist who has the authority to ascertain whether or not I have ADD. I have just discovered that the waiting list is 4-6 months long, something I'm sure I should have expected. By the time I have an appointment my last year at university will have finished, and I will return home, forcing me off this waiting list. This is irritating, not least as by the time I receive any assistance I will have finished struggling through four years of university. More to the point, I will be moving to a new system and a new process of diagnosis. I am currently on the Swansea area list, but will be moving back to West Sussex, specifically Crawley.
My questions are; does anyone have any experience with the process in this area? Is there a way I can bypass the parts of the process I have already been through and move straight onto a specialist's waiting list?
Yours sincerely,
From a messy life