When the government controlling the public health service doesn't give a shit about the actual public, especially those who it sees as "burdens", you get more or less the same shit as if it didn't exist at all.

I was on a waiting list for 2 years to get an autism diagnosis, and the only way around this is to go private and pay an absolute fortune (this is of course by design - deprive the NHS of its specialists in favour of for profit private clinics).

Want therapy? Wait at least 8 months. Honest about being suicidal? No need to wait that long, here are some cops to come and take you away..

My point is the op is correct no matter where you are in the world, and people who insist that self diagnosis isn't valid seriously need to check their privilege.

[–] StoneyDcrew@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I partly agree with you, but not completely. There are benefits to claiming you are ADHD, like in the UK being covered as a disability, thus employers are required to make reasonable adjustments for work comfort e.g. Noise cancelling headphones.

People without ADHD that claim to be can shew the expectations of what ADHD people go through in the wrong direction.

That said: I ended up waiting like 3 years for my diagnosis (and I had to chase those bastards every single time for a response), so if my employer didn't trust me and wasn't understanding of my struggles I would have been sacked by now.

That said; needing to pay £1,000s to get essential mental health care is outrageous. I'd take a reasonable self-assessment any day over expecting people to pay that.

But I wish people would stop voting for the government party that trying to convince them that immigrants are stealing jobs and they should underfund health care to keep the economy safe.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That said: I ended up waiting like 3 years for my diagnosis (and I had to chase those bastards every single time for a response),

That sounds this close ->||<- to being some Catch 22 nonsense where they use your success in managing to follow up as an excuse to claim you're not ADHD.

[–] PhobosAnomaly 3 points 4 months ago

I hate that about disability assessments run by those Capita bastards. The whole "well you got here okay so you can't struggle with mobility".

No you fucking arsewomble, it's just threatening the means to purchase the basics and essentials is worth the physical agony it causes going to your human zoo and jumping through your arbitrary hoops, you daft walking talking fannyflap.

I hate making it personal but I can't see how anyone would voluntarily stick at a job like that.

[–] DessertStorms@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 months ago

People without ADHD that claim to be can shew the expectations of what ADHD people go through in the wrong direction.

This is a fiction used to deprive all of us of services and accommodation (by making it ever harder to pass the gatekeeping).

Neurodiverse people are generally treated like crap in the work place and generally in society, the idea that people are making it up to gain some imaginary perks truly is ridiculous to anyone who has ever tried getting any support. You having a decent boss is one of those privileges I mentioned that you should check, because as you go on to say, if that wasn't the case, and it isn't for many, you'd be sacked, as many are, if they ever get employed in the first place.

As for voting, you basically describing both parties at this point, and that's because the whole system is a sham, as is the idea that voting actually gives us any say or control. It's only by looking outside of the bucket they have us in that we will find the way to freedom.

[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] DessertStorms@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 4 months ago

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..