I spoke with my GP about a possible adult adhd assessment for myself. I took the adult adhd screen test on WHO as recommended by the NHS and scored very high. I have struggled for years with symptoms but as I’m more the inattentive side which has only become more known in recent years, I assumed I was just lazy and depressed.
I was told by GP that Ayrshire and Arran aren’t doing adult adhd assessments, and recommended I either go private or wait and ask in 6 months in case it changes. I feel I don’t matter.
I have had around 40 years of no support or treatment and I feel like I’m written off. I don’t know whether I have this condition or not, I’m not a professional, but it clicks so much and if there’s a chance I could still get some kind of life with some support and treatment then surely that should be enough to be assessed! Why can’t I be referred to another NHS board for assessment? Why am I told I can go private but even if I get the diagnosis the GP is unlikely to support it and prescribe any prescriptions?
My only option appears to be to just give up, accept that my life is what it is and that it will never get better. I’m a full time carer so I will never have funds for a private assessment let alone prescription costs that will never be took on by the NHS. The NHS won’t assess me, I can’t afford private, so I’m just left. Thanks for confirming I clearly don’t matter.
"Feeling like I don't matter"
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