03/07/2022
✨Long post warning✨
I've posted this on my personal account, but I thought I'd post it here too 💖
I've been trying to get an ADHD diagnosis since March 2021, and as of yesterday, I have officially been diagnosed! The past 16 months have been a rather painful wait to say the least, with my symptoms becoming gradually worse the longer I had to wait. But then in the past 3 weeks, I've gone from having my self-referral received by Psychiatry UK through Right To Choose as I'd been waiting for so long, (and wasn't expecting to get an assessment with them until much later this year) to getting a phone call about a week later informing me that my initial referral through the NHS had been sent to the provider ADHD 360, and that I could book an assessment for the following week!
Finally receiving this diagnosis means the WORLD to me (even if it did take til I was 26) as I've always felt "different" and always found social situations really difficult - if you know me well enough you'll know I'm extremely shy and awkward at first, and it can take me a while to come out of my shell (conversations are v hard when you don't know how to make small talk and frequently zone out 😅). It also explains why I always leave things to the last minute and have spent my life procrastinating the smallest of tasks (flashback to those MANY all nighters in the uni library 🥲).
For anyone who's waiting on an assessment or thinks they might have ADHD, (shout out to those who've reached out with their experiences, your support means SO much) chase your GP, get on that Right To Choose, do as much research as you can about ADHD, and be prepared to wait at least a year for an assessment (it's so worth the wait though!) 💖
So yeah, if you read this far, thank you and welcome to my ADHD journey 🥰 I'll be starting my meds some time next week, so hopefully I'll be able to start functioning like a "normal" human v soon 😂
Next stop: Autism diagnosis 👀
