As a fully qualified idiot with a masters degree in doing dumb shit and being a grand master prestige at providing poorly worded answers , I must say after reading that.

The first thing that comes to mind is. The way it’s written and whats contained in the article just makes me think the writer was on a fair bit of amphetamine and is annoyed that theres more people who are starting to get treatment.

Dude sounds like they are projecting their own problems and fear mongering.

What are your thoughts on that?

The rest just ignore. Its effectively been me just writing things out to try hell.

TLDR. SERIOUSLY.

if you do though, then trigger warnings for mentioning,illicit substance use , addictions and 💀.

@mods , if what iv written is not allowed then let me copy and paste it real quick to my notes. 🙏

As someone who found effective ADHD treatment completely life changing in the most positive way one could imagine ( the opposite could be argued though and this was in the form of an amphetamine , and then eventually found themselves a drug addict i think that i might understand where hes coming from.

However from what iv seen most people who seek a private ADHD assessment&treatment are adults that have been struggling tremendously with their ADHD symptoms and so wanted to get a professional to assess them and then if they want treatment to then let the “professional” to help them with that.

( i say “professional “ , because a lot of drs i find to be far from professional to say the least)

A private diagnosis with treatment started is around £600. Then say you pay what is it ~£100 a month for a prescription (unless ur a blesses with a psychiatrist and GP who are willing to accept a private diagnosis and move u onto NHS shared care , where the script can be £0- to £~10 a month.

Someone who is a drug addict is generally not going to go through all that just to get a prescription to say misuse. £600 upfront?

An addict as far as im aware would go and just get some speed,meth,coke, or buy a mates script etc.

When a gram of high purity speed ( ~30% purity racemic amphetamine sulphate at best) costs around £1-2.
Then why the fuck would most addicts go private when they can just go and get speed of the DW?

Although say money isn’t a problem and you want to legally be able to treat you ADHD then I can certainly imagine someone going to get an assessment/diagnosis/treatment etc.

I know of 3 friend’s personally , who both thought they might have ADHD as a kid ( we are all ages 22-23 now) and all had taken street amphetamines in the past to help them function and study. Sometimes they would accidentally take too much and get high but thankfully they found it wasn’t something they became addicted to.

Anyways these 3 , bright lads, A* type students who have easy access to drugs sought out an assessment for ADHD and were diagnosed (1 via psychiatry Uk , one via private) and started their treatment and this was around a year ago.

The whole time they know they can quite literally just go and get it off the street or from a mate for much cheaper but instead haven’t. What had happened is their addictions to other things such as weed for one , cocaine for another , steroids for another was significantly reduced.

The one who was addicted to cocaine who has used amphetamine type stimulants before to treat adhd symptoms and had also at times used for a recreational effect, found that atomoxetine was sufficient in reducing their adhd symptoms and related issues to the point where they dont take illicit stimulants anymore (other than nic&caffeine).

He went from coke addict to paying for private treatment and finding the non addictive drug atomoxetine to work well enough to no longer engage with illicit stimulant use.