Post by neilsonwheels on Sept 23, 2015 17:02:47 GMT
I don't think I have ever felt so low as i do today. I asked for an assessment for adhd & he may as well have just told me to forget about it. It was not my normal doctor who is very good but has been replaced.
I'm not sure how to cope any more i feel so depressed & down about things. Seemed to me he didn't really know much about ADHD, didn't ask me about symptoms. When i tried to tell him that i matched all of the symptoms i had read about he just said well trouble is that is the same for everybody & mental illness is very fuzzy. He said he would write a letter, but i could see he had written about 3 lines. He also questioned the fact i had dyslexia because it was not on record. I told him i had the assessment documents & certificate to prove i had done it & he said that's no good i should have kept the letter because records get lost. Not really sure what his point is the the lady who assessed me said the assessment was good enough proof & i'm not organised enough to keep letters just on the chance the NHS might lose them. He said he didn't know how long it would take maybe 3 months or more but is unlikely they would see me because of cuts. I asked if i would be kept updated as to when it may be as its going to be very stressful not knowing & that was a no also.
He also seemed to make a bit of a thing about when i saw a psychologist previously about & she said i had anorexia, i disagreed with this diagnosis. The issue i had with this was i was much heavier than an anorexic person & i love food.. Also when i asked her what weight i needed to be she fumbled & then gave me a weight I was already near, then when i told her this she just added a stone on. I was never below normal on the BMI. I can see why maybe because of my behaviour of getting obsessed with food, dieting & also running it would look like an eating disorder but this is just how my life is, if i'm into something I get a bit extreme but it generally doesn't last. So i have a horrible feeling this will go against me because the GP said i should have listened to her as she knows what she is talking about.
The GP kindly offered medicine on the way out & as i stated at the beginning to him they haver never worked for me & asked me if i wanted time off work. I do not want to lose my job, which is the point of my stress atm.
I'm thinking maybe private is my only option but i have no idea how much that would cost & how to go about it. I'm thinking bankruptcy may be a better option than the alternative but then if i get assessed there is not guarantee of how things will go & will have the added stress of no money.
I'm not sure how to cope any more i feel so depressed & down about things. Seemed to me he didn't really know much about ADHD, didn't ask me about symptoms. When i tried to tell him that i matched all of the symptoms i had read about he just said well trouble is that is the same for everybody & mental illness is very fuzzy. He said he would write a letter, but i could see he had written about 3 lines. He also questioned the fact i had dyslexia because it was not on record. I told him i had the assessment documents & certificate to prove i had done it & he said that's no good i should have kept the letter because records get lost. Not really sure what his point is the the lady who assessed me said the assessment was good enough proof & i'm not organised enough to keep letters just on the chance the NHS might lose them. He said he didn't know how long it would take maybe 3 months or more but is unlikely they would see me because of cuts. I asked if i would be kept updated as to when it may be as its going to be very stressful not knowing & that was a no also.
He also seemed to make a bit of a thing about when i saw a psychologist previously about & she said i had anorexia, i disagreed with this diagnosis. The issue i had with this was i was much heavier than an anorexic person & i love food.. Also when i asked her what weight i needed to be she fumbled & then gave me a weight I was already near, then when i told her this she just added a stone on. I was never below normal on the BMI. I can see why maybe because of my behaviour of getting obsessed with food, dieting & also running it would look like an eating disorder but this is just how my life is, if i'm into something I get a bit extreme but it generally doesn't last. So i have a horrible feeling this will go against me because the GP said i should have listened to her as she knows what she is talking about.
The GP kindly offered medicine on the way out & as i stated at the beginning to him they haver never worked for me & asked me if i wanted time off work. I do not want to lose my job, which is the point of my stress atm.
I'm thinking maybe private is my only option but i have no idea how much that would cost & how to go about it. I'm thinking bankruptcy may be a better option than the alternative but then if i get assessed there is not guarantee of how things will go & will have the added stress of no money.