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  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
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    1 year ago

    I'm hoping my GP might be able to prescribe repeats as I'm pretty sure he's schedule 8 authorised. But then I'm tossing up the idea of moving interstate next year which probably means starting the whole damn thing all over again 🙃

    • landsharkkidd@aussie.zone
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      1 year ago

      Yeah my local docs don't have the authorisation. Just... ugh. At least it doesn't take me 2 hours to get there and back.

      • just_kitten@aussie.zone
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        1 year ago

        The amount of admin required to manage a condition that affects one's very ability to execute that stuff is pretty insane, hey. I had a long chat to my GP recently after my diagnosis and the difficulty of getting diagnosed, specialists being booked out forever, etc. Turns out there's sort of a hidden network? of GPs and psychiatrists who have no problem treating and managing ADHD and have plenty of experience, GP authorisation etc... but won't mention ADHD at all on their profiles because the reality is they'll get swamped and be unable to do anything else ever again. I got absolutely lucky on both the GP and psychiatrist front, and it still was a long journey

        • landsharkkidd@aussie.zone
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          1 year ago

          Yeah, my mum's friend who was diagnosed with adhd suggested my current psych, because the one my doctor referred me to was I think in the Northern suburbs and he was fully booked out.

          It is crazy how tough it is get a diagnosis as an adult.

          • just_kitten@aussie.zone
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            1 year ago

            I only even got anywhere within 12 months because my GP used a general referral rather than one specifically for ADHD. Psych straight up said if it had been an ADHD referral they would've not taken it on... And i think that's why my GP did exactly that. Seems a bit effed up.