Post by nath on Aug 5, 2021 21:20:16 GMT
Hi everyone, forgive me if this has been asked thousands of times, but I'm at the end of my rope.
I paid for a diagnosis, thinking that once I had it I could simply go to the NHS and get someone on the case within a couple weeks, as a friend of mine went through that exact same process at the end of last year. Now that I have been informally kicked out of the private group (long story, details below, causes me a lot of anxiety) I have been told even with the written up report of my diagnosis it'll take 18 months minimum to get medication.
I honestly don't understand and can't process why this is...obviously there's a massive strain on services right now but to go from 3 to 4 weeks to 18 months when I already have the diagnosis...I don't get it at all. This is coming from a trans guy that waited years to start hormones, but as soon as I had the "okay" from the psychiatrist I started them immediately. Shouldn't my adhd diagnosis be my "okay"? Is there anything at all I can do to start meds quicker i.e. Right To Choose?
[OPTIONAL DETAILS BECAUSE I SWEAR I HATE CONFRONTATION, WOULD NEVER NORMALLY COMPLAIN, BUT THE WHOLE SITUATION WAS EXTREMELY UPSETTING!!]
I went private for a diagnosis because I've been really struggling to cope. I saved up the money and finally bit the bullet because a mate of mine used the exact same service, spoke to a really qualified doctor and managed to start meds via the NHS in a matter of weeks. Long story short, my interview was impersonal, with no elaboration from the questionnaires I had already filled out for them, not to mention it was cut short by technical issues because they didn't know how to use zoom. I was completely mishandled and left in the dark with vague inferences about my case and possible treatment, with complete radio silence for weeks at a time, which only triggered my anxiety more. In the end, I only received a partial diagnosis of inattentive adhd, along with a poorly worded report that included pronoun misuse among many other mistakes that felt copied over from other reports.
When I tried bringing up my concerns, the team was both dismissive and careless, leaving mistakes in the report after I had specifically pointed them out, and even amending the wrong document after I brought it back up again. I finally said I didn't want money back because I understood the pressure the services were under but I wanted to ask if any other staff member or clinician had read the report and if they could give me their honest opinion. I was given a partial refund and "we wish you all the best in future" (aka a politely worded f*** off).
I say all this because I cannot go back to them. The stress and unease of the whole process, let alone the many months it's taken and the extreme fear I have of confrontation...it's impossible.
I paid for a diagnosis, thinking that once I had it I could simply go to the NHS and get someone on the case within a couple weeks, as a friend of mine went through that exact same process at the end of last year. Now that I have been informally kicked out of the private group (long story, details below, causes me a lot of anxiety) I have been told even with the written up report of my diagnosis it'll take 18 months minimum to get medication.
I honestly don't understand and can't process why this is...obviously there's a massive strain on services right now but to go from 3 to 4 weeks to 18 months when I already have the diagnosis...I don't get it at all. This is coming from a trans guy that waited years to start hormones, but as soon as I had the "okay" from the psychiatrist I started them immediately. Shouldn't my adhd diagnosis be my "okay"? Is there anything at all I can do to start meds quicker i.e. Right To Choose?
[OPTIONAL DETAILS BECAUSE I SWEAR I HATE CONFRONTATION, WOULD NEVER NORMALLY COMPLAIN, BUT THE WHOLE SITUATION WAS EXTREMELY UPSETTING!!]
I went private for a diagnosis because I've been really struggling to cope. I saved up the money and finally bit the bullet because a mate of mine used the exact same service, spoke to a really qualified doctor and managed to start meds via the NHS in a matter of weeks. Long story short, my interview was impersonal, with no elaboration from the questionnaires I had already filled out for them, not to mention it was cut short by technical issues because they didn't know how to use zoom. I was completely mishandled and left in the dark with vague inferences about my case and possible treatment, with complete radio silence for weeks at a time, which only triggered my anxiety more. In the end, I only received a partial diagnosis of inattentive adhd, along with a poorly worded report that included pronoun misuse among many other mistakes that felt copied over from other reports.
When I tried bringing up my concerns, the team was both dismissive and careless, leaving mistakes in the report after I had specifically pointed them out, and even amending the wrong document after I brought it back up again. I finally said I didn't want money back because I understood the pressure the services were under but I wanted to ask if any other staff member or clinician had read the report and if they could give me their honest opinion. I was given a partial refund and "we wish you all the best in future" (aka a politely worded f*** off).
I say all this because I cannot go back to them. The stress and unease of the whole process, let alone the many months it's taken and the extreme fear I have of confrontation...it's impossible.