Care ADHD Assessment at 10am!
UPDATE! I GOT MY DIAGNOSIS!!! Combined type ADHD.
My local ICB had ran out of funding, so even though my initial referral and invitation to book an appointment all went very quickly, my referral ended up on pause.
I was told to wait until the start of the new financial year. I suddenly remembered yesterday afternoon and called up. Was told it was good news and that I could book an appointment.
Got one for this morning at 10am.
I asked the person on the line if there was anything I needed for the assessment. She had ADHD herself, told me she understood and could relate to things I was saying. And she told me that although I didn’t necessarily need anything for the assessment, she said that she had made a list of bullet points of stuff for her assessment.
I intended to do the same last night, but then kept putting it off/getting distracted. So I’ve woken up this morning with so much fear and anxiety that it feels like the entire internal contents of my body is jelly.
I’ve got just over an hour until my assessment, I’ve been waiting for over 4 years for this. I am terrified somethings going to go wrong and I don’t get the diagnosis.
Is there anything I can do to prepare? What can I expect? Will they ask me stuff that prompts me to tell them relevant things?
I’m suspected of having autism too, so there are definitely some conflicting/contradicting symptoms going all the way back to childhood.
I’m concerned that because I didn’t present in a way you might expect as a kid, that they might not diagnose me. Although, I know that it’s generally accepted now that girls present differently and mask a lot (which I did). I have suffered from PTSD since my early twenties too, so I’m terrified that they’ll tell me that it’s just my PTSD.
SEND HELP! DYING OF ANXIETY! 😂
TLDR: Finally got my assessment at 10am! Full of anxiety. Scared, excited, shaking. Haven’t prepared, worried I won’t tell them all they need to know.
Is there anything I can do to prepare at all?