Posted by Carl on May 30, 2001, at 9:22:40
In reply to Re: Adult ADHD/ADD -this might help... » Carl Nolan, posted by JahL on May 13, 2001, at 22:51:35
Jah, hello there!
Thank you for your reply and the Cambridge address. It will, most likely be my last resort though. I am unsure at the moment. Then again I have only just begun the trek on this railway track of a journey, and I mean the one my mind has to make. Should not be that difficult, my mind takes more directions than the London Underground map. I guess it is all the red tape, or rather red lights, that I think make getting an ADD diagnosis problematic.
So what happened at the Addenbrooke NHS Trust? I hope you don't mind me asking. Did you manage to keep your appointment?
You say thet you could not suffer the NHS waiting list any longer. How long is that? Are you north or south of England?
What of the Maudesely (sp?) then? What was the dissapointment there?
I am unable to go private. Costs you see. I might have to make provisions to do so later on in the game, I might end up having to. I am studying at the moment, yet again, and difficult as it can be psychologicaly I am going to have to sit most of the year again. For me though, being such a laid back never mind do it tommorrow type of person I don't think it will bother me to much.
Jah, have you any idea of the cost involved in getting a private consultation, treatment, and repeat prescriptions? More interesting is your visit to the States. Where did you go exactly, and how did you get on? East coast is obviously cheaper to travel to. Did you have any problems with the medical establishment or the medicines. Also, how did you obtain your diagnosis? Was it through your US trip or is an American diagnosis not recognised here?
The latest I have heard is that there is a unit at Kings COllege London, you the hospital medical school? Well I am told that are doing research into ADD. In particular they are researching possible links between ADD and Dyslexia.
I am trying not to be disheartened at the moment. Anxiety, I feel is becoming an issue. Probably this is because of the long and drawn out process that I am going to have to endure. Another thing that is of great concern to me is the fact I might never be diagnosed at all. Is this a fear you had at times? I am absolutely certain that Attention Deficit is my problem, right back to the age of birth so my mum tells me.
Please would you explain what you mean about dx. The 'reams of questionaires also'. I have recently been referred for a psychotherapy appointment. The waiting list is approximately fourteen months. However, they are not going to send me date until I return a fifteen page questionaire. No problem, I'll do it tonight when I've done my census form!
I apologise for the delay in replying. All the above I wrote a couple of weeks ago. I've just added to it today. I have been hospitalised for Epilepsy. Another problem. Can you believe that they are trying to put ADD down to Epilepsy. I suppose you can. I know different. After all my fits are quite infrequent. Anyway, I'll not go into the realms of that now. I have given you enough to read about. Never before have I written something so questioning. Forgive me.
Carl.
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