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About: General Practices in Grampian Royal Cornhill Hospital / Adult mental health

(as a service user),

I am an adult female in my thirties. I have a long term history of depression and anxiety. Following another serious relapse I am now on the mend however I still feel like there is something ongoing with me. Having unfortunately years of experience with poor mental health, I know how the symptoms and medications work. I feel I am better, but there is something still wrong.

Following my own research, I believe that I may be experiencing ADHD. I spoke to my doctor at Cornhill about this, however, frustratingly they only asked me about my childhood. While I am no expert, women are usually not stereotypical in their symptoms in comparison to men and are often misdiagnosed. I spoke to my psychologist who sadly said the same thing. Following a call with my GP, they sent me a questionnaire to fill, which shows that I am indeed a candidate for at least getting further assessment. When I followed up with my GP (a different doctor to the one who sent the assessment) to see where I stand with my assessment, and the progress with it, all they could say that it is up to Cornhill. I have had no further appointments with Cornhill scheduled. 

I am feeling incredibly disheartened. I am left with a piece of paper that clearly shows I need to be seen, but nobody seems to want to take me on board with this. I am left in limbo until I am seen again either by Cornhill, or I chose to keep pestering GPs, who don't seem to want to listen to me.

I recognize that a diagnosis is not guaranteed, and it is a long road to get one, however I feel like if this really is what I am experiencing, the management of ADHD will greatly improve my quality of life. I just want some support, and progress on this. I am concerned that my lack of support on this will cause me more harm than good. 

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Response from Julia Wells, Chief Nurse, Adult Mental Health, NHS Grampian 9 months ago
Julia Wells
Chief Nurse, Adult Mental Health,
NHS Grampian
Submitted on 16/09/2024 at 11:27
Published on Care Opinion at 11:29


Dear undiagnosed,

Thank you for sharing your story, feedback like this is really helpful for us to improve our services. We are also very sorry to hear of your experince. To allow us to help you further, could you please email julia.wells@nhs.scot and advise us if you live in Moray, Aberdeenshire or City. This will allow us to pass your feedback on to the correct department, as referrals for ADHD are managed via the community mental health team. Should you wish not to contact me, please be assured that as a service we are actively looking at our ADHD pathways and trying to make improvements to them.

Kind Regards

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