How to prepare for for ADHD assessment or diagnosis
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- Опубліковано 20 сер 2022
- If you have self diagnosed or someone has picked up on the idea that you might have ADHD, then the next step is to get a formal ADHD diagnosis, but preparing for an ADHD assessment can be daunting.
In this video I talk you through a few things you can do to help feel more comfortable and prepared for your assessment, I hope it's helpful to you!
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Who else watched this 30 minutes before their assessment? 😂 the same assessment they forgot they scheduled themselves for haha
Hahahaua! I hope it helped your assessment!
omg i'm about to go in for testing watching this.
Lol it’s the night before mine
Night 👏 before 👏
47 mins to go. totally prepared (not)
I think its amazing how you check the boxes for ADHD and the provider does not take it seriously. . . then what was the questionnaire for. . .
Thank you. 29 and going for intake tomorrow. Very very anxious I'm going to "forget" my story you know? This was a great help. Thanks.
Hi Jeff, how did you go?
I was diagnosed at age 4, in 1980, when they first put ADHD in the DSM. I realized I didn’t have any records of my diagnosis despite being on medication from age 6-age 13, and a few year off and on from age 24-45. So my insurance made me take an assessment at 45 and besides an interview they gave me a single computerized test obviously designed for kids. They said I barely passed the test (being an ADHD test , passing meant you have ADHD I suppose). So she was openly reluctant to give me medication.
I'm 36 and having my initial consultation in 2 weeks. I'm so scared I'm going to fail and this assessment is all I can think about I wish I could give my brain a break! Thank you for this
I watched this yesterday and again just now. My appt is in 10 mins! My initial assessment revealed ADD Inattentive. Nervous!
If you could do your ADHD assessment perfectly, your brain would probably work sufficiently well that you wouldn't be seeking a professional assessment for ADHD in the first place.
- after Kathleen Nadeau.
"If an entity is to be conscious, it cannot be infallible."
- Alan Turing.
Exactly, but we think our brains should work in a neurotypical way, as that's the only way we have been shown.
I've my assesment tomorrow after 28 years and this was really reassuring, thank you so much, you've a lovely soft way of talking!
I'm so sorry, I just saw your comment. How did your assessment go?
Agreed!
thanks for this you don't know how much it means to hear these words or more likely you do, I haven't asked to be assessed yet I have just been gathering info now and again for the last few years in-between my life falling apart, I haven't had the best experiences with GP's in the last 25 years so not found one that is caring or comfortable enough to begin asking but the short videos I have watched by several different people have helped and your video here gave me hope thanks again.
Can’t thank you enough for taking the time to make this video. Really helpful and a true act of kindness. Thank you 🙏🏻
I'm glad it's been helpful Bobby ❤️
Irish lady having her assessment in a month here. 👋🏻 I found your video so helpful and reassuring! Thank you so much for making the time to help your fellow ADHD adults 😃
Ah, good luck with it. I hope the video helps.
This was really reassuring, I've got my assessment today in one hour and I am definitely pooping my pants😅 so scared I won't get the diagnosis- my psych and gp both said I have it so just fingers crossed the psychiatrist agrees and then I can finally get proper support! I'm in my early twenties and so tired of the struggle!
How did you go with your Diagnosis Cora?
I’m 42 and I have my assessment on Wednesday!
Im nervous too!!
But my brother has already been diagnosed and I have a strong family history of it too.
My mums coming over this weekend to so I can write down all my school reports. Lol
And my boss said she was more than happy to tell the psychiatrist that I’m a hot mess and all over the place lol(she was joking)
You are so refreshing! Thank you from the bottom of my soul for being so honest about your experiences! Your thoughts are comforting and helpful!
Wishing you all the happiness life can offer! God bless you 🙏🫶
Thank you so much!
I had to watch this a few times because I kept zoning out. I'm in my 50s and have just started the assessment process.
Lol, that's so ADHD! At least you can go back and watch again hope it helped.
What a great video. When I first saw how long it was I thought that I would only watch a few minutes of it until I got bored and start scrolling through the comments, or find another more stimulating video but I was actually able to watch through it to the end with only a little bit of fidgeting of the feet. Much love from Aotearoa-New Zealand.
I totally understand and I'm glad you enjoyed it!
as a teen whos having my first test on the 7th ive been stressing it a ton out this was really helpful! thank you!!!
You'll be fine, seriously. Just be your awesome neurospicy self and let me know how it goes. Good luck!
@@accidentallyawesomewithadhd thank you so much!
What a brilliant video. Thank you for sharing your knowledge, I have watched hours and hours of videos and yours has been the best. You have a very motherly way of presenting, I particularly liked it when you were stopping someone coming in right at the end of the video 😅
Glad you found it useful! I had to take a look at the video to see what I did, that would have been one if my kids coming in to ask for a snack, no doubt 😂
Incredibly helpful and heartfelt video ! Thank you so much for putting yourself out into the world like this. I'm 2 days from my 2nd evaluation but I didn't have anyone to talk to about it. Sitting and listening to you was very much like having a new friend to confide in. You brought up some excellent ideas for getting ready to do the ADHD test and now I finally have a use for all the baby books from 1953 that my mother lovingly kept for me !
Good luck with your next assessment, just be your neurospicy self and try not to stress about it.
So glad the video has helped a little, makes me feel that I'm on the right track to support other people on this journey.
This is so helpful, I’m having my assessment tomorrow and this really calmed me down! Thank u so much ur doing a great job on here, keep going if u like it!
How did your assessment go?
My previous psychiatrist couldn’t determine if I had cptsd or adhd. I’ve been obsessed researching both for years. I know for a fact I have both. This can be very frustrating and financially burdensome
I’m having to provide an extra form for me as a child for my mother to complete, as the one provided by my partner, well he took umbrage at the word‘careless’ so said no, I am not often careless. Just because of a word, he managed to make the psychiatrist assume that I am anxious and depressed. I agree that the careless word doesn’t describe what I feel- I am always trying to do the best I can, but end up losing things, breaking or knocking stuff over accidentally because I am reaching for something. I walk into doorways, I have a constant narrative in my head along with multiple songs, I have trouble with sensory overload.Thankfully I have been told that I will get another appointment after my mother completes her form. I need to have notes to hand for my next appointment. Also I have requested a female psychiatrist, hopefully they will do that for me. Thank you for your video. ❤
Careless isn't a good word, but you possible lack the executive function to remember where you put things. You do care, but you cant remember because your working memory is impaired.
If I had had effective medication I don’t know how much better things would have been for me in school or at work. Nothing is 100% effective, and for me I haven’t found anything that worked the way it did when I was 6-13, but I wish I could have had something and not been afraid to use it.
Mines tomorrow.
This was so helpful! I'm having my assessment on Saturday and I'm super nervous. Thank you so much! I was worried about asking questions if I don't know how to answer them haha
Just be yourself, I know it's nerve wracking, but you are who you are so go with it. Good luck!
@@accidentallyawesomewithadhd thank you! I finally got my diagnosis!
Have my final assessment in one hour after 23 years and of struggle, absolutely terrified, thank you for this! ❤
How did you go?
@@accidentallyawesomewithadhd not great, adamant on blaming it on depression, school records I brought showing lateness, distraction, distracting others, forgetting pe kit and never bringing homework were also not long enough ago to be ‘valid’ so I don’t know what happens now. If the final verdict is no I think it will try to appeal.
been getting treated for ADD since 2015 and doctor recently moved away and the new doctor doesn't respect the condition and has requested for me to be treated and sent to pysch...can't wait till that new doc looses his medical license
That's crazy. If you already gave a diagnosis, why do you need a second one? I'd be going to a different doctor.
@@accidentallyawesomewithadhd I agree, not to say too much but I put in request to speak with management and think they they found me a diff doctor. I think the doctor wasn't keen on making any more prescriptions
Thank you so much for this video. I am gradually coming to the conclusion that I do have ADHD, but going for that formal assessment is quite a step. I worry about 'failing' it like I have failed so many things in my life, but I also think that the recognition would be quite helpful. Just such a shame that unless you can afford to go private, the waiting lists are so long. I am 49, and there's a voice in the back of my mind going 'what's the point in getting a diagnosis now?', but then being able to get support, and maybe my environment understanding me better etc would make a huge difference, and round and round it goes in my head...... So thank you. I will try and find the courage to actually do this.
I felt the same, but having that official diagnosis did validate a lot of things for me and allowed me to try medication, which was life changing. I sat on my self diagnosis for a while, but just over a year on, I'm glad I went for it.
I’m awaiting assessment and am anxious they’ll say I don’t have ADHD. Is that a thing too?
Same here. I am scared of makin myself an idiot in their office or not being taken seriously (which a lot of doctors apparently have a problem with when it comes to me) or even that they do not care enough to make an elaborate diagnosis (I already heard the psychiatrist I am visiting decides it after 15 minutes and a 2-sided questionaire with simple questions but it was the only appointment I could get in my country actually without paying loads of money that I don't have). Weird feeling. Excited and scared at the same time.
I'm 38 and I've always known something wasn't right from when I was younger.(Feel like I've been masking for a while) Is it just the NHS that can do the assessments?
I put the forms in 3months ago..
Still waiting😮
It can take a long time to get seen. I think I waited about 3 months, but pretty sure it would take longer to get assessed now.
Assessment in 4 hours! I am really nervous.
How did it go? Mine's tomorrow morning, so nervous!
How did it go
What area were you in when assessed? I am in fife
I live in Australia these days. Its probably easier to ask for an assessment here because you pay for it yourself. We still have long wait lists and its expensive, but your GP is less likely to stop you at the first hurdle.