Post by Dan on May 21, 2021 2:04:26 GMT
Hi all,
Im Dan, Ive been actively trying to get treated for ADHD for 5 years. Ive known about my ADHD for much longer and mentioned it to doctors but they fobbed me off. In 2017 i was diagnosed via the NHS after pressing the issue for over a year. When i got the diagnosis i was overjoyed, id lost all hope and the diagnosis was earth shaking for me, up until my GP flat out refused shared care. Apparently they dont prescribe that medication. For months they wouldnt budge. I literally begged for help from all of the local CAB like services and no one would help. I kept pressing and the GP began to give way. My GP surgery agreed to send me for a liver test and give me a ECG. I was hesitantly hopeful. I went in for the ECG and my doctors surgery. The ECG electrodes were so sticky it damaged my skin and 3 days later i found 3 puss fill lesions on the electrode site on my chest and the same on my right foot where another electrode had been. The symptoms looked like herpes, so i had an antibody test and was positive for Herpes Simplex-2. I got nasty flu like symptoms and severe headaches followed by aphasia and anxiety. Ive been through a medical negligence case in the past, and it was emotionally grueling. I couldnt handle that again on top of the untreated ADHD. I was too afraid to go back to the doctors for 2 years. I tried to restart down the adhd path again in spring 2020 and was treated with contempt. I decided to switch doctors.
Then i heard about an online psychiatrist who does right to choose and i sent their generic letter to my GP. I got a call saying i would need an appointment . When i got a phone appointment i was again treated with utter contempt and told that i could only see a locally commissioned adhd doctor.
Im starting to lose hope. Ive always known i had adhd and im watching my life pour away. Im 36 and im reliant on my parents financially due to my adhd. This is a very ambiguous situation as both my parents abused me when i was a kid. They singled me out because of my behavioural problems. I desperately want to be independent and realise my potential. Even if i could scape together the money to go private for my titration, the doctors would probably refuse shared care same as the last surgery did. I feel so frustrated that i feel sick. To make matters worse im getting evicted and need to be able to organise myself and concentrate and i cant. I cant bare it, with no way forward.
Sorry to turn up first post and winge. If anyone has any ideas on if i have anyway forward here id love to know.
Thanks people,
kindest regards
Dan
Im Dan, Ive been actively trying to get treated for ADHD for 5 years. Ive known about my ADHD for much longer and mentioned it to doctors but they fobbed me off. In 2017 i was diagnosed via the NHS after pressing the issue for over a year. When i got the diagnosis i was overjoyed, id lost all hope and the diagnosis was earth shaking for me, up until my GP flat out refused shared care. Apparently they dont prescribe that medication. For months they wouldnt budge. I literally begged for help from all of the local CAB like services and no one would help. I kept pressing and the GP began to give way. My GP surgery agreed to send me for a liver test and give me a ECG. I was hesitantly hopeful. I went in for the ECG and my doctors surgery. The ECG electrodes were so sticky it damaged my skin and 3 days later i found 3 puss fill lesions on the electrode site on my chest and the same on my right foot where another electrode had been. The symptoms looked like herpes, so i had an antibody test and was positive for Herpes Simplex-2. I got nasty flu like symptoms and severe headaches followed by aphasia and anxiety. Ive been through a medical negligence case in the past, and it was emotionally grueling. I couldnt handle that again on top of the untreated ADHD. I was too afraid to go back to the doctors for 2 years. I tried to restart down the adhd path again in spring 2020 and was treated with contempt. I decided to switch doctors.
Then i heard about an online psychiatrist who does right to choose and i sent their generic letter to my GP. I got a call saying i would need an appointment . When i got a phone appointment i was again treated with utter contempt and told that i could only see a locally commissioned adhd doctor.
Im starting to lose hope. Ive always known i had adhd and im watching my life pour away. Im 36 and im reliant on my parents financially due to my adhd. This is a very ambiguous situation as both my parents abused me when i was a kid. They singled me out because of my behavioural problems. I desperately want to be independent and realise my potential. Even if i could scape together the money to go private for my titration, the doctors would probably refuse shared care same as the last surgery did. I feel so frustrated that i feel sick. To make matters worse im getting evicted and need to be able to organise myself and concentrate and i cant. I cant bare it, with no way forward.
Sorry to turn up first post and winge. If anyone has any ideas on if i have anyway forward here id love to know.
Thanks people,
kindest regards
Dan