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It's heartening to read the comments in these threads and see that this might actually be the problem I have dealt with for 29 years and that there might be a solution for it.

Now the hard part is getting myself to fill out the paperwork required to get the NHS to pay someone to look at it.

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My GP applied on my behalf. The queue in my area is more like 8 months though. You have to fill out a bunch of forms but importantly that's after you are in the waiting list.

You might want to just have a chat with your dr, as you'll likely try something like concerta if you are diagnosed - but you can skip the long process of diagnostic and just try the medication if you fill out a few questionnaires. At that point it's pretty self evident if the medication helps the issue or not and bam, you might have solved your problem without going through the hurdles.

Tried to speak to my GP and my local surgery told me to either register for the NHS waiting list (probably 100 years long at this point) or use the right to choose process to get the NHS to pay for me to see a private clinic (takes 2-8 weeks to see someone instead of years).

They didn't even suggest that I could/should speak to my GP first. And I can't actually get an appointment with my GP other than the way I specifically tried to. At least not my local GP.

That sucks, I'd love to be of more help, but I'm in Canada.

If you're able to, I'd go for the private option. Really, the medication helps tremendously and having access to it makes every other step easier to take - I really wouldn't have thought that's how it would make me feel.

Good luck going forward!

I had to pay for diagnostics myself too since here in Germany, adulthood ADHD diagnostics are unfortunately not paid by the health insurance. Cost me around 600 €. The hardest thing really was fighting myself to actually get an appointment

Doesn't apply to UK. In the UK the NHS will pay for a private company so there is no reason to go private yourself. But they absolutely won't dispense medication without a diagnosis. And the waiting list is at least a few months, closer to a year in my area.

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