I feel like they will tell me I do not have ADHD

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because some days can be worse than others… if they catch me on a good day, how will they know?

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Don’t they do a full assessment of your life so far and your youth?

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Yes but I wonder if it needs to present at time of assessment, this time my mum won’t sit in with me, it will be my partner.

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You don’t need to be experiencing symptoms in order for them to assess you properly
They look at the bigger picture

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Hi @anon25873142 i hope you don’t mind me asking….

Do you find that your doctors and others take the diagnosis seriously after being diagnosed privately.

I’m only asking because my son needs an autism assessment and NHS refuse to do it as he is meeting milestones (it’s sensory issues he has problem with and flapping hands etc that kind of thing)

I want to make sure if I pay private and he is diagnosed it will be taken seriously.

Thanks.

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Hi Qwerty , generally private assessments are accepted as long as they adhere to the NICE guidelines. I didn’t go private. But I was assessed by a private clinic for autism and now going to be for ADHD. It’s funded by the NHS though so I didn’t pay. It’s called right to choose. Are you in England btw ?

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Ty @anon25873142 yes I am in England. Shropshire to be exact. Thanks

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@qwerty did the GP say no or the actual autism clinic ? If the GP doesn’t mind putting a referral for right to choose then that might be the way to go. Research the providers and their wait times before asking your gp to put in a referral. Make sure they are willing to accept children … Just search right to choose autism on Instagram or tiktok you’ll get a lot of advice

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There are many private providers accepting rtc referrals … clinical partners ( I went with them ) , problem shared , psychiatry uk (not for children though I’m not sure

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I don’t think the NHS recognise it but screw them

See whether the school will accept it as they’re the ones with the power to help your child through education

There’s that thing called SEND that they have which might be able to make the accommodations that could really help

Wish you luck with it

If the NHS becomes the only option, not sure if you can get a professional advocate?

Saw people in the hospital have those. Can’t speak to their usefulness but you hope they know the levers to pull

Especially when it’s to do with getting a child the support they need and deserve

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