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Post by claudhopper on Dec 28, 2012 22:04:15 GMT
I've got my consultation with a specialist psych in feb. In advance, I've been sent 3 questionnaires. One to be completed by me - fine. One to be completed by someone who's observed me over the last 6 months - fine-ish (I live a bit hermit like but I do know people) and one to be completed by someone who knew me from 5 to 12 yrs - oh dear!
My mother died 12 years ago, my parents separated by the time I was 4 and I didn't see my dad for decades (fine now) so he can't help. I have one uncle who is a barking mad alcoholic. I don't know what to do about the third questionnaire. If I don't complete I might lose out on diagnosis? Does this mean i'm f***ed?
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Post by spok on Dec 29, 2012 12:20:55 GMT
Do you have any school reports from that period of time? If so bring those as a substitute and anything else you think is relevant. That should be fine If in doubt you could always give the clinic a ring though...
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2012 13:03:00 GMT
It's not going to be an excluder - it just helps that you have anecdotal evidence of symptoms in childhood.
The psychiatrist will need to work harder to fill in the gaps.
My mother is barking so I had my older sister do my questionnaire which wasn't much help - she's an ADHDer so didn't think there was anything wrong with me (normal for family).
School reports can be good - an observation by an independent professional. Mine are lovely - a great picture of inattentive behaviour and gradually declining results flying in the face of prediction.
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Post by claudhopper on Dec 29, 2012 15:33:19 GMT
I do have a primary school report: ages 7 to 11 which is full of phrases like 'lacks concentration' and 'easily distracted'. In fact all the teachers plus the headmaster say 'easily distracted. No older siblings, just a half brother younger by 11 years. His dad lives in his shell and had very little to do with me as a kid and less now i'm (supposedly) an adult.
Thanks though, it's reassuring that it isn't an excluder.
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Post by random on Dec 29, 2012 16:36:21 GMT
The NICE guidelines (if I recall correctly) say that if you don't have childhood evidence then more recent evidence can be substituted. Whether that is trued in practice, I don't know.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2013 0:11:03 GMT
I didn't have any adverse comments until I was in my last couple of years at school, and then at uni they came thick and fast. And like pd, my mother is massively ADHD, her mother was a bluebottle on speed, and my brothers are pretty much all somewhere on 'the spectrum' - so what any of us thought was normal was anything but!
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