db0M to ADHD [email protected]English • 7 months agoSelf-diagnosis is valid if it helps youlemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square94fedilinkarrow-up1597arrow-down167
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minus-square@breadsmasherlinkEnglish4•7 months agoI lucked out - was on the wait list just before covid, and seemingly covid stopped the tests and worked through the waitlist instead. I was diagnosed and prescribed after waiting 1.5 years. Now it seems people are expected to wait over double that. No wonder there has been a boom in private healthcare diagnosis
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•7 months agoMy 2 year wait was over a decade ago, so looong before covid. The fact that things are worse now isn’t really surprising considering the service is now basically a hollowed out carcass with several hundred private firms picking it apart…
I lucked out - was on the wait list just before covid, and seemingly covid stopped the tests and worked through the waitlist instead.
I was diagnosed and prescribed after waiting 1.5 years. Now it seems people are expected to wait over double that.
No wonder there has been a boom in private healthcare diagnosis
My 2 year wait was over a decade ago, so looong before covid. The fact that things are worse now isn’t really surprising considering the service is now basically a hollowed out carcass with several hundred private firms picking it apart…