I really cannot believe this............
I still do not have a referral to a pyschiatrist for medication,after at least 2 more time wasting GP appointments requesting to find out what is going on(it's now around a year on since being told I was being referred the first time),I have not had as much as a letter to say they have acknowledged my referral and will be working out an appointment soon.

What should I do?
Asking the gp again is just going to get the same basic reply that they will find out what is going on with it,but nothing has ever progressed,I'm fed up of being treated like this by government agencies,have had the same problem off the social services as well.

I noticed you are fr5om England have you asked about this with other members from your country. Here in America our health care system is different from what you have there in England. I think???

Here is the hyperlink to the area of folks from your counrty.


http://www.addforums.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&f=98&page=1&pp=25&sort=lastpost&order=desc&daysprune=75


Sorry I don't have any more answers but I sorry you are having problems and it is taking so long!!!!!

Same here. Did an online test. It said yes you have it - most likely 'inattentive type'. So I go to the doctor who looked mildly interested and said 'it was certainly a possibility' and that was that. The sum total of my treatment to date was those five words. Wow thanks doc I think I'm cured!

I asked for a referral to a psychiatrist and he said 'ok' *last September*.

Not heard a peep since and I think I can feel some 'anger issues' coming on.

For people in the US - no we don't get free treatment. We paid for this rubbish through our taxes whether we were ill or not, then if we want treating sometime before we croak it we have to pay twice what you do to go private as well.

For people in the US - no we don't get free treatment. We paid for this rubbish through our taxes whether we were ill or not, then if we want treating sometime before we croak it we have to pay twice what you do to go private as well.


I have been educated by reading the frustrations faced by those who are from countries that have national health care..although my reading doesn't help you guys one bit (sorry) but when the subject was brought up in a class I was in this afternoon I did share what I have learned from you with other who were unaware!!!! You are being heard. If I had the answers I would share but I wouldn’t have to worry about getting up to go to work tomorrow!!!!

Those here in the US and have to depend on a government run system for care face many of the same problems...red tape long waits, ineffective care by over worked professionals!!!!

I can not afford heath insurance ($200.00 monthly one person) even through I do work...two part time jobs. I have to pay for my health care including my ADD meds out of my own pockets...cash!!!!!! Should I get some thing really bad I will just have to invest in a shovel!!!!

Tammy is right. There is red tape, and a general feeling that you are being filtered by, again, overworked professionals (this is so true). If you get past that though, and manage to be patient you can make it work for you.

I live in Spain, went to my primary care physician through the public health system and it took about three months and two other doctors working together to diagnose me, then they put me on medication, which works, and psychotherapy. Despite having ADD, which sucks, The experience has been very good.

At the beginning it was hard, they have to kind of filter you to see how seriously you are suffering impairment and for that they have to see you many times, so you need to be patient. The more I felt they got to know me the more help I got. My last psychotherapy session was on tuesday and it was almost two hours. Now, this is not common, but it happened. I am not seeing them again till mid February since they see the medication works.

I have no idea what the health system in Britain is like. I know the health system here has a very good reputation but it can't be much different in the rest of the EU, can it? We're supposed to be able to work in any country now, can't we go see a doctor to another EU country too? Whatever you do, good luck. The key here, again, is being patient, which I am sooo not, but it can make all the difference.