#however the usual caution is advised when procuring and using illegal narcotics

[somecunttookmyurl]

I'm very sorry to interrupt the wholesome bf fest, but I need moral support. My fantastic gp of 10+ years has relocated. Three months ago I mustered up the courage to ask if I could be evaluated for ADHD and she was immediately on board with it and said she'd look into it. I just met the new gp and she says that there's no testing for ADHD, that undiagnosed ADHD in a grown woman is practically unheard of, and that the treatment is amphetamines and anybody would get a boost in concentration if they took that, with or without a disorder. I'm not sure if I want to melt into the asphalt or commit a crime. I don't really have the money to go to private healthcare for this, so for the time being I'm just chugging down caffeine.

get a second opinion. most surgeries don't assign you to any one specific GP at the practice so you can either 1) make an appointment with a DIFFERENT doctor there or 2) register with a different practice within your catchment area

personally before doing those I would turn up with a stack of scientific journal paperwork proving her dumbass wrong and forcing her to do it before then reassigning myself to a different GP anyway because I'm a petty bitch

if you don't get anywhere with a different GP at the surgery, or for some reason they won't let you see one, file a complaint. first with the surgery (basically just write a thing to the practice manager - hand it in to reception making it clear you are filing a complaint - detailing your concerns with that doctor denying you access to healthcare and being uneducated on the topics but refusing to research it leaving you Utterly Fucked).

If that doesn't force a referral - doctors don't like it when you embarrass them in front of the whole surgery I speak from experience this normally works - you can complain to your local NHS board

it's a shit process and a lot of work but sadly there are many GPs across the UK who know shit-all but won't bother learning and they are part of the REASON it's so underdiagnosed since we can't get a referral to psych without their approval

people without ADHD don't get a "boost in concentration" on amphetamines. they get HIGH lmao has this woman never heard of speed. does she think people do speed at the club to work on math problems

the ADHD diagnosis guidelines for scotland (written for patients) acknowledge this and are basically like "keep annoying the everloving shit out of them until they do it"

until then: caffeine