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Post by dizzydee on Jan 15, 2013 20:32:55 GMT
well i saw the psychiatrist today he did a psychological background and next time he will use a diagnostic questionnaire what ever that is??? anyhow when he was asking about how i thought things effected my life and what i thought my problems where i could hardly think, suddenly i was a perfectly normal human being who had no place being here!! its only now that I'm back safe at home that i remember the reasons i am putting myself through all of this. I am thinking that i should write down the things I'm thinking now and take them with me next time before i forget them again!
What do you think???
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Post by Lesley on Jan 15, 2013 23:06:43 GMT
Yes, definitely a good idea to write things down, and to take it with you.
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Post by prunesquallor on Jan 15, 2013 23:46:02 GMT
Seconded
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Post by claudhopper on Jan 15, 2013 23:57:28 GMT
its only now that I'm back safe at home that i remember the reasons i am putting myself through all of this. And the reason for that is .... because you've got ADHD! Blinkin stupid questionnaires forget that don't they! We've got crap memories that work at a chaotic level not in some apple pie tidiness like the psychiatrist's. Yeah. I'm taking a complete dosier to my appointment next month which i'm going to do tomorrow... if I remember of course.
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Post by dizzydee on Jan 16, 2013 19:05:07 GMT
well i have a lot of scribbles in a note book now so i will take that next time for sure!!!
Thanks guys
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2013 9:55:55 GMT
I gave my psych 8 pages of meandering drivel about what a basket case I was in every sphere of my life. If your life isn't an obvious train wreck, you have to help them see how far from 'normal' it is.
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Post by dizzydee on Feb 2, 2013 22:26:49 GMT
oooshiney, my notes are only legible to me, do you think i should type them up so that they can be left with him???
I had intended to use them as prompts and i wasn't sure how this would be interpreted by the shrink i dnt want it to look like I'm saying what i think i should say in order to get medicated.
I am very low at the minute and i am probably over analysing everything because of my mood.
Thank You Dx
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2013 23:28:53 GMT
See how you go in your assessment. Specialists really should know what they're doing, without you needing to write your autobiography. I only did mine because it became apparent that he didn't believe I was experiencing 'impairment'.
Sorry you're feeling low - the wait and uncertainty can be pretty disheartening, on top of everything else life has a way of throwing at folk. Hope it all comes good soon.
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Post by dizzydee on Mar 11, 2013 20:05:06 GMT
Well finally plucked up the courage to speak to my parents about Me And ADD. First thing my dad Say's is "What!! why have you got a Psychiatrist?" so i try to explain as rosily as possible... can't concentrate on boring jobs etc, and he says what that normal isn't it?? after everything i say which made me smile.
Anyway it turns out that my mum was offered something to "slow me Down" and Mum refused saying that if i can't cope with my own child them i'm no kind of parent, so i'm not so worried about the chilhood part of dx now roll on April 2nd!!
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Post by shinjiikari on Mar 11, 2013 20:39:54 GMT
That's pretty much what happened at my NHS assesment last year.
'So why do you think you've got ADHD?'
Errr...
Followed by some vague and disorganised bits of information that didn't sound like anything at all.
That's the kind of open question that almost physically hurts my brain. They should know this.
I ended up impulsively leaving before it was over in complete despair after waiting so long for help(and in true ADHD style of course!).
Another 9 months lost and a lot of extra debt on private treatment and I finally got a diagnosis.
I did type some notes for my private assesment, didn't get round to printing them though! Fortunatley it was fresh enough in my mind to remember most of it. The time I spent thinking about it meant I had answers ready to go for most of his questions, but there were a few unexpected ones that I stumbled over.
So yes, make notes, and spend some time thinking about 'impairment' in school, work, home and relationships - they like 'impairment'. Good luck!
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Post by dizzydee on Mar 12, 2013 18:10:32 GMT
i don't like the word impairment I'm not impaired i just change my mind, a lot!!!!
but thanks, i know what you mean and i have got some notes written to prompt me now.
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Post by shotaway on Mar 12, 2013 20:44:01 GMT
Hi dizzydee, I hope you can get the diagnosis and treatment and am sure you will with your childhood history. I do believe in being realistic though and as Dr Barkley says, impairment is where a sparkling personality ends and ADHD begins! If you are not impaired you don't need diagnosis or treatment
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Post by dizzydee on Mar 12, 2013 22:08:10 GMT
Hi Shotaway,
thanks for your support, and while in a good mood i will often joke as a defence mechanism but i hear what you saying.
But I'm also sure my impairment will be obvious too especially after talking to my dad and maybe reading some of my other post's. ;D
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Post by murtster on Mar 12, 2013 22:41:58 GMT
Don't worry. I think that experienced psychiatrists can diagnose ADHD through interview, with or without the questionnaire. As someone who has been around others with ADHD for a while, I can notice it in our patterns of speech and our way of 'attending'. They may want to see school reports, as it is understood to be something you have all your life, and there is usually some evidence from how you got on as a child. You know how people develop 'gay-dar' it is a bit similar with ADHD - there is a wonderful kinship - I love support groups, as you quickly find out what it's like to be surrounded with my kinda people. I don't see it as an impairment (exactly) it is more a different way of being, and I can't imagine the joyless existence of being 'normal' (even though the struggles can be very real too).
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Post by dizzydee on Mar 14, 2013 20:19:25 GMT
A different way of being... thats exactly how i feel, i think my problems come from me thinking that any-thing else would be seen as a weakness. (old fashioned Dad)
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Post by Benn on Mar 19, 2013 5:26:35 GMT
That's pretty much what happened at my NHS assesment last year. 'So why do you think you've got ADHD?' Errr... That IS the worst thing I am dreading, its just like a job interview why would you like to work for us,? Errr..... My head goes COMPLETELY empty when asked questions like that
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2013 9:33:03 GMT
That's pretty much what happened at my NHS assesment last year. 'So why do you think you've got ADHD?' Errr... Followed by some vague and disorganised bits of information that didn't sound like anything at all. That's the kind of open question that almost physically hurts my brain. They should know this. I ended up impulsively leaving before it was over in complete despair after waiting so long for help(and in true ADHD style of course!). Another 9 months lost and a lot of extra debt on private treatment and I finally got a diagnosis. I did type some notes for my private assesment, didn't get round to printing them though! Fortunatley it was fresh enough in my mind to remember most of it. The time I spent thinking about it meant I had answers ready to go for most of his questions, but there were a few unexpected ones that I stumbled over. So yes, make notes, and spend some time thinking about 'impairment' in school, work, home and relationships - they like 'impairment'. Good luck! I sat in on a diagnosis by an experienced psychiatrist last year. He didn't say much. He asked a few questions and let the patient bumble and stumble and go off on tangents. At first I thought 'What a dick - he's not asking the right questions'. Then I twigged - the questions weren't that important. After he'd got the history down and established a few facts the questions let the patient display symptoms in front of him - which he did in spades. A GP or consultant psychiatrist probably doesn't have the knowledge to do this or are trying to narrow down the options so you have to help them by being organised - ohhh great.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2013 11:43:26 GMT
Yep - my first assessment went badly because I turned up in my work suit and behaved myself. Three sessions later, after being told I had work-related stress, I gave the psych some...'candid feedback' and he offered to arrange for me to have a second opinion. Second one, I went with a plan, and a written account of my symptoms, all of which went out of the window when I went into the room. I burbled like an idiot and Dr C had me worked out within the first half-hour. Third assessment, with one of the big cheezes at SLAM, I was kept waiting (unmedicated) for over half an hour, during which time I managed to work myself into a right old state and fall out with my best mate (now my partner, so we did make up afterwards ). When the psych asked me 'so, what's all this about ADHD?', I bit his head off, fumed about my appalling treatment on the NHS, and then burst into tears. After composing myself in the loo for 5 mins, I took my meds and after 30 mins or so was able to talk perfectly sensibly to him. They've pretty much seen it all, I reckon, and we just need to be ourselves. When you hang around a lot with ADHDers, we're really not hard to spot. The question they're looking to answer is, I think, how 'impaired' we are - not so much whether we're symptomatic. That bit is pretty obvious.
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Post by dizzydee on Apr 3, 2013 20:37:15 GMT
OMG I really would like to swear loudly!!!! ... saw Doc yesterday.
He had spoken to my dad who seems to have a very different view of me and my childhood to mine, and I had to explain why this might be, so I explain that my dad wasn't around much mum dealt with me really and when my dad was home we had to be quite or go upstairs. (dad said hyper as child but able to concentrate???!! NO QUALIFICATIONS from school!!)
So any way we finish the questionnaire and he says well I think that yes you do have ADHD but I would like to speak to your mum just to make sure (this is because I can't remember being 7yrs old!!). Then I will prescribe you something it will just be a half hour appointment.
oooh goody I'm thinking as the last project for my nvq is a month overdue and I'm hoping meds might help me. So I ask when will you speak to my mum? He tells me that he has clinics and days off and it will probably be next Wednesday... Now my enthusiasm is starting to fade but I think oh well maybe the end of next week. He tells me to ring tomorrow to make an appointment, so I leave feeling a little deflated but excited as I've been waiting since feb 2012 for this.
My husbands warns me he has to talk to my mum first but I'm happy she won't mess it up.
when I got home from work today I call up to make my appointment and she says 14th MAY!!
So hear is my tantrum... BOO HOO ITS JUST NOT FAIR!! I HAVE WAITED ALL THESE MONTHS AND NOW I HAVE TO WAIT ANOTHER FICKEN MONTH JUST TO GET A PRESCRIPTION ANGRY TEAR FALLS DOWN MY FACE !!!
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Post by dizzydee on May 3, 2013 19:13:51 GMT
just in case any one is interested, I have an appointment for my prescription on Tuesday finally!! Thankfully how me and my mum remember my childhood differs greatly to how my dad remembers it. I had to phone through my blood pressure last week and the medical secretary said that I do not need blood tests or an ECG... Why do some people need them?? I have been wondering about what they will put me on and how it is going to effect my daily life, I am so excited that I could burst one minute and then worried that meds won't work the next. I have been trying to lose weight with slimming world since Christmas but since I have heard I that I am officially ADHD I just can't seem to control my eating, this happens anytime I have something on my mind but I think that after Tuesday I will be able to get back on track at least I hope so coz I have just brought a huge amount of new clothes all a size too small!!! I have a 10year wedding anniversary coming up and were going to the races!! any way I will let you know how I get on dx
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2013 22:04:21 GMT
That is wonderful that you can finally start your meds. I can totally understand how you feel both excited and worried. They might help you lose weight too. As for me, I need to get back on track with slimming world. Have been off track for far too long!
I would love to hear how you get on with your meds.
Best wishes x
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Post by DKL - darkknightslover on May 4, 2013 3:52:03 GMT
I always found it impossible to loose weight, but always seemed to maintain a steady one within a 1 Stone range depending on time of year/shift pattern. When I started on my meds 5 months ago I found my need and cravings for sugar/carbs/chocolate reduced massively. I've recently decided I need to make sure I eat enough as I'm not sure that I am - side effects if MPH and Dex are appetite decrease and increase of metabolic rate - especially when you first start. Although most of it (in my and my friend-to-be-referred-to's opinion) is due to the reduction of self-medication with food, and in the case a friend of mine, alcohol.
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Post by dizzydee on May 5, 2013 19:48:15 GMT
thanks Petra I will let you know how meds goes loosing weight would be great but more importantly I hope to have more control I actually got thrown out of our morning meeting the other day for being grumpy and snappy I don't expect to suddenly become a rocket scientist but some consistency would be amazing.
and Darknightslover that is encouraging news I have always taken a lot of sugar, I used to live of chocolate bars and when I do finally stop and try and eat healthily it takes ages for my body to get used to not having it I feel sick and staving hungry for about 3 days.
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Post by DKL - darkknightslover on May 9, 2013 7:14:47 GMT
Try eating higher levels of protein? I find I work best in the mornings when I have a couple of sausages and coffee before work, I get the bus and arrive with 30ish mins spare, so have another coffee and ~100g porridge oats with ~100g raisins. If I drive, I leave at the last minute to have that extra time in bed.
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Post by dizzydee on May 9, 2013 13:10:19 GMT
I too leave at the last minute so I can have extra sleep time so my breakfast has to grabbed on my way out the door, normally an apple or pear and yoghurt, I will have to try some ham as well. thanks
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