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Post by rickydubya on Jan 9, 2022 16:54:30 GMT
Hi all and thanks in advance for taking the time to read/responde to this should you decide to do so.
Basically, I was diagnosed and medicated for ADHD as a child 12 - 17. I am now 36 and a couple of years ago I felt I was struggling with a few things that I thought might be routed in focus/concentration and after some reading I concluded that it's likely that I still have symptoms of ADHD. So I went to the doctor and explained this and he refered me to adult ADHD services (for some reason they couldn't find my mediacal information pre-19).
Anyway its now 2 years on and I've just been contacted by the ADHD services for an appointment, but I'm fairly apprehensive about the whole thing, I'm fearful that a diagnosis might do more harm than good. I've struggled with other mental health issues throughout my adult life, most notably a period of psychosis in my early 20's which was triggered by heavy canabis use and I then suffered from anxiety and depression which I've been medicated for for the past 8 years.
My main worries surround how a diagnosis might effect my job and/or drivers license/insurance. I've achieved quite a lot over the past ten years considering I had a very rocky early - mid twenties. I leart to drive, got a meaningful job (I'm now a team leader in a health and sociar care service) and bought a house etc. I just worry that a diagnosis could mean my car insurance premiums will go throught the roof or that I'll have to declare my diagnosis to my current or a future employer. I'm also concerned that even if I do still have ADHD the stimulant medication (it was ritalin when I was last medicated) wouldn't be suitable for me due to my prior history of psychosis and anxiety, which would basically mean I'd be recieving a diagnosis without being able to recieve treatment which would just be a big pointless negative.
Does anyone have any exprince of these issues? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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Post by Rossall on Jan 9, 2022 17:08:03 GMT
Can't see this post.
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Post by rickydubya on Jan 9, 2022 17:57:21 GMT
really? this is what it says incase anyone else is having the same problem
"Hi all and thanks in advance for taking the time to read/responde to this should you decide to do so.
Basically, I was diagnosed and medicated for ADHD as a child 12 - 17. I am now 36 and a couple of years ago I felt I was struggling with a few things that I thought might be routed in focus/concentration and after some reading I concluded that it's likely that I still have symptoms of ADHD. So I went to the doctor and explained this and he refered me to adult ADHD services (for some reason they couldn't find my mediacal information pre-19).
Anyway its now 2 years on and I've just been contacted by the ADHD services for an appointment, but I'm fairly apprehensive about the whole thing, I'm fearful that a diagnosis might do more harm than good. I've struggled with other mental health issues throughout my adult life, most notably a period of psychosis in my early 20's which was triggered by heavy canabis use and I then suffered from anxiety and depression which I've been medicated for for the past 8 years.
My main worries surround how a diagnosis might effect my job and/or drivers license/insurance. I've achieved quite a lot over the past ten years considering I had a very rocky early - mid twenties. I leart to drive, got a meaningful job (I'm now a team leader in a health and sociar care service) and bought a house etc. I just worry that a diagnosis could mean my car insurance premiums will go throught the roof or that I'll have to declare my diagnosis to my current or a future employer. I'm also concerned that even if I do still have ADHD the stimulant medication (it was ritalin when I was last medicated) wouldn't be suitable for me due to my prior history of psychosis and anxiety, which would basically mean I'd be recieving a diagnosis without being able to recieve treatment which would just be a big pointless negative.
Does anyone have any exprince of these issues? Any advice would be greatly appreciated."
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