Re: How did YOU find the help you needed? What's your story?

[wolfshades]

HI Bobcat.

1. Not sure how or why, but one day I found myself on this website and was absolutely amazed at what I read. Everything in my life that I thought was “usual” for everyone in life, wasn’t. I saw the list of symptoms and went through the online test here, and was just blown away by the matching of behaviours and symptoms. So….

2. I saw my GP and asked for a recommendation. She asked me a few questions and agreed I should get assessed, so she gave me a referral to an organization that does the full range of tests, which are given by….

3. a psychiatrist, a psychologist and a psychometrist. (Hadn’t ever heard of a psychomestrist before)

4. I believe I waited about four months or more from the time of the referral until the time I got into get the testing done. I’m still not done with that yet, as I have yet to see the psychologist, after which I have to come back and see the psychiatrist one more time for the final report.

5. Lots and lots of questionnaires. Some free-form questions and a lot of ticky-box questions – which I know will get fed into a program for analysis. Took me about three-four hours, between answering the questions and being interviewed by the psychiatrist and psychometrist. Even discovered a few other behavioural things during that time that were indicative of ADD that I hadn’t heard about. Like, as a toddler, always wandering off around the neighbourhood and scaring the hell out of my mother. That’s fairly common (or at least that’s what she told me).

6. I’m not fully diagnosed yet, but the psychiatrist asked me if I was at all opposed to medication. I said “no”. I’m actually looking forward to being able to get some medical assistance so that I can actually meet my potential. Right now I’m way too scattered and unfocused.

7. Again, not yet diagnosed, but I’m guessing since they have a psychologist on staff that I’ll be offered counselling, which I plan to accept (eagerly).

Hope this helps, and good luck with your diagnosis. I know how frustrating it is to finally realize that you might have ADD and have to wait so very long to find out for sure.

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