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Post by davydg9 on Apr 2, 2017 11:11:16 GMT
Hey there and thank you for your kind welcome.
The private doctor i have spoken with several times and done a self assessment with is an adhd specialist. It is gordon brown from the glasgow area in scotland and aswell as his private practice he is a ceo of camhs. Without paying the £400 for the private assessment he gave me letters to suggest i have traits of Innatentive combined type adhd to give to my local mental health and therapist. But they completely dismissed it and put me on atomoxetine with no other support or treatment and it barely makes a difference to my daily struggles.
I tried to change GP several times but the first excuse was they couldnt take me because they were friends with my old doctor(turns out they have shares in the practice together so its their own personal practice). I tried to change to GP's in the surrounding area but they are all full.
Through being homeless and having pointed out all these troubles that were obviously heading to a bad end and being ignored i have started a Nhs complaint through the citizens advice. After one meeting with the mental health psychiatrist (with the complaints rep accompanying me) he said he will refer me for a adhd assessment, but ive lost too much to consider this a victory
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Post by davydg9 on Apr 1, 2017 11:20:52 GMT
Hey folks second post for myself,i just need some other members advice on any previous experience with the nhs mental health service. To cut it down to make it easier for people to digest(i struggle with long posts)
I have been attending the nhs mental health service for about 3 years now, the reason i was referred in the first place was after years of struggling with day to day life and not understanding why i couldnt get on like so many others did, i stumbled upon "what is adhd" and to say there were similarities would be underselling it.
From head to toe the difficulties i have were all glaring at me and whoever compared the two, so to keep it short, the GP laughed ans shook his head saying "you dont have adhd" but i was referred none the less as i refused to be turned away anymore after years of low mood, sleeplessness and self harm.
I was told within the first half an hour of the mental health assessment that i didnt have adhd and i wasnt depressed.So fast forward 2 years and several anti-pychotic meds and a autism assessment later i am homeless, relationshipless and a failed suicide attempt, the mental health psychologist says i still dont have adhd because i "wasnt disruptive in class" or "jumping out of my seat"
I was told by a private doctor that from his self assessment i had Innatentive combined type which is the most common, which contradicts the mental healths reasons of i wasnt disruptive enough to have it, so basically i have suffered for years under meds and being disbelieved and lost my family and home through symptoms. Has anybody else faced this with the Nhs?
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Post by davydg9 on Feb 21, 2017 20:06:52 GMT
I have a long reply started on a different computer, suggesting a different course of action, (sleep problems dx/treatment) but haven't finished it. This is just a quick post to say, that I have had good reports of mh services in Glasgow, but not sure that's any more help than Edinburgh! Thanks for the reply, i have an appointment on thursday with someone who looks into nhs complaints for patients. So will see what is suggested from her
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Post by davydg9 on Feb 20, 2017 22:25:54 GMT
Have you tried contacting this charity? www.addressingthebalance.co.uk/it's based in Edinburgh, but they may be able to offer some advice about the Scottish health system. Contacting them didnt cross my mind, i will try tomorrow. I dont like approaching or even Calling people, gordon was the only person ive spoken to about it besides my local (useless) mh team, even the autism assessment was a sham
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Post by davydg9 on Feb 20, 2017 21:22:03 GMT
I don't know how to link to posts on here, but if you go to Advocacy section. .Scotland. ."ADHD 22yo reluctant to diagnose" they ended up taking an unorthodox approach in Edinburgh. . .now I know Edinburgh is a long way off, but anything's worth a try. .? I just finished reading the girls post and i can relate to alot of it, but as im in a different district im not sure how i can go about contacting the Edinburgh nhs? I really have no other options, like her letter i wrote a very detailed list of symptoms and examples from my own head i didnt lie about any and they just shoot it off. I was told alot points to adhd but a couple of things dont? I even took in a self assessment and letter from specialist gordon brown and they didnt say a word. That was in 2015. Atomoxetine does very little for me
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Post by davydg9 on Feb 20, 2017 20:55:04 GMT
I don't know how to link to posts on here, but if you go to Advocacy section. .Scotland. ."ADHD 22yo reluctant to diagnose" they ended up taking an unorthodox approach in Edinburgh. . .now I know Edinburgh is a long way off, but anything's worth a try. .? At this point i would crawl to Edinburgh on broken glass if it meant getting help, ive lost everything sadly
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Post by davydg9 on Feb 20, 2017 20:31:00 GMT
Oh . .things are different in Scotland. . I don't know what more to suggest . . . I hope there's someone on here who can think of anything. . I hope so too, just cant afford the assessment and struggle to work, its a bit ironic
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Post by davydg9 on Feb 20, 2017 18:28:43 GMT
I am in dumfries and galloway and the mh services are appalling, the mental health doctor i see has me still on atomoxetine but there is no follow ups or monitoring, along with the ato he was giving me anything and sending me on my way and not seeing me for 4 months.
I have never heard of the funding you mention but he wont put me forward for it, his words were i was to just get on with it when i was struggling to work and maintain a relationship with my family. They had me wait a year for an autism assessment but had me sit it on the medication and anything that suggested i was on the spectrum they dismissed with various excuses like unwilling to be assessed etc. Literally the only support i have received was when i went homeless i have a support worker and they referred me to drug and alcohol abuse teams aswell, but the atomoxetine does very little to my list of daily problems. I tried to change GPs and the doctors words were "i cant take you as he is my friend" meaning the GP i tried to leave, i tried an out of area GP but no such luck due to the area. Thank you for the reply btw, this forum is my last resort to finding some kind of help
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Post by davydg9 on Feb 20, 2017 17:34:22 GMT
I just joined the site today and wish i found it a whole lot sooner. I have been hesitant to post but after reading through old posts i dont see the harm.
To save alot of time i think you all will know the typical back-story of debt, failed relationships and non existent social life. Im a 27 yeat old guy who never fit in and i have been at my local GP from 2007 reporting low mood,little sleep and anxiety. I was turned away on more than one occasion with open wounds from self harming and over the years i switched to drinking myself senseless,Im currently in homeless as my ex partner cant stand me and threw me out, i attended mental health appointments over the last 3 years but all i got was sent away with antipsychotic meds and told to see how it goes.
Even after a failed suicide attempt in december they still tell me i am not depressed and my mental health is fine and its being put down to behavioral.I was given no support besides a therapist who went well over a year without contacting me while i was still on meds. They point blank refuse to entertain the idea i could have adhd and told me "just to get on with it" so for years i didnt leave the house and my relationship collapsed and i struggled to be a dad, i have spoken to a private adhd specialist in gordon brown who says i need assessment asap but i cant afford it. Has anybody else had this trouble with the nhs? I had my GP turn me away,laugh at me, i was given antipsychotic meds and sent on my way and they messed me up, i was seen by mental health for less than an hour in 2016 and it all points to adhd. They even have me on adhd meds but say i dont have adhd(Atomoxetine)
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