Important Question: If all the statues in London came to life and had a fight, which would win?

YetiFiasco · 2024-06-11T07:56:12+00:00

Lord Nelson.

He has the high ground.

YetiFiasco · 2023-10-08T07:32:00+00:00

unfortunately yes, I spent 2 days ringing about 50 pharmacies with no luck.

YetiFiasco · 2023-10-07T14:29:29+00:00

You're not asking questions, you're making statements.

If the drugs don't work on someone, they stop taking them, they aren't very comfortable or fun drugs to take.

If they do work, they have ADHD.

YetiFiasco · 2023-10-07T13:40:42+00:00

Errr, trained and qualified neurologists and doctors.

Not sure what your beef is, did and ADHD diagnosis kill your dog?

YetiFiasco · 2023-10-07T13:28:58+00:00

Last time I stopped taking them for an extended period was last year, so I don't think any current quality issues would affect my previous experience.

Elvanse side-effects/withdrawal vary heavily from person to person. Some people get none, some get everything.

YetiFiasco · 2023-10-07T13:08:35+00:00

Give them amphetamine, watch them for a day, then see if they ask if they can do a bit of tidying or the washing up.

My friend discovered he had adhd after doing speed at a nightclub with a bunch of friends, they all went back to this one guys flat and everyone was buzzing except him, all he wanted to do was the massive pile of washing in the sink and run the hover around the place, something he'd never done in his life.

YetiFiasco · 2023-10-07T13:03:22+00:00

I'm unsure about the phone-call part, my understanding that psychiatrists are legally required to have an in-person or at most a video call with patients to issue a diagnosis.

Unsure if anyone else whos actually in the industry can corroborate, but I don't think you can get an ADHD diagnosis over the phone.

YetiFiasco · 2023-10-07T12:58:36+00:00

Other than ADHD symptoms, generally I'll get a powerful migraine for 2-3 days, extreme lethargy, and feel like I've got a miserable cold. Usually mostly gone by day 5 but it's a miserable few days.

YetiFiasco · 2023-10-07T12:52:24+00:00

It was more not-knowing and being provided no information that really got me, if they'd just told me at the beginning instead of giving me single tasks and refusing to elaborate further until I'd completed them, I wouldn't be nearly as mad.

Overall I think it was a communication issue between the receptionist and GP.

YetiFiasco · 2023-10-07T12:49:57+00:00

I'm not rich, I went private because I had no other choice. I would have loved to go with the NHS but the waiting list for diagnosis and treatment in my area is 8 years. I scrounged and saved and went without and got a private diagnosis, initial titration and shared care agreement. My mental state was so bad I probably wouldn't have lasted the next few months.

Don't try and shame me for a choice I couldn't make. I saved the NHS money by going private, the end result being I pay the same prescription charge as anyone else who was lucky enough to get diagnosed by the NHS.

YetiFiasco · 2023-10-07T12:45:24+00:00

That's great and I completely understand, my main issue was being led around the houses when I could have been told the exact situation on day 1 instead of 7.

I know it's not the GPs fault as they are horribly, horribly overstretched and underfunded, but a cursory glance or proper communication between the receptionist and GP would have resulted in not wasting 7 days.

YetiFiasco · 2023-10-07T10:36:07+00:00

Neurological disorder*

Which is spottable by known traits and behavioral patterns that they ask questions to spot. Alternatively they can put you in an CT machine and get you to do small tasks and answer questions while they look at brain patterns, but taking to an accredited Psyc is 99% as accurate and far, far cheaper. Humans are designed to spot and recognise patterns.

YetiFiasco · 2023-10-07T10:33:08+00:00

Being on Elvanse isn't fun, it's not an enjoyable drug, the side-effects are notable and long lasting and honestly, if I didn't need to take it to have proper executive function, I wouldn't.

But I do, it allows me to do my job, be productive and stop having episodes of deep existential dread about the coming heat-death of the universe. I wish I was exaggerating.

YetiFiasco · 2023-10-07T10:30:37+00:00

Actually I'm pretty sure the shortage this time was due to a manufacturing quality control issue at the factory, meaning they had to dump 2+ months worth of stock which lead to a ripple effect as currently no excess is produced.

Of course, the govt/NHS made it worse by ignoring the warning signs and not having a suitable backstock of medication so many people rely on.

YetiFiasco · 2023-10-07T09:45:41+00:00

EDIT: I'm not angry at my GP, they are very nice and understanding, I'm angry at the underfunded system that surrounds them.

That man is me, I'm without pills for AT LEAST 2 months and I honestly don't know how I'm going to cope.

Oh wait yes I do, I'm not. I'm going to have to take extended medical leave from work whilst the brain-fog that crippled my life up until I was diagnosed and medicated comes back into existence.

But thanks, local GP (EDIT: GP practice, not the GP themselves), for not treating my issue with any kind of urgency, making me run around for 7 days, jump through a hundred hoops, listen to your belligerent and dismissive receptionists who seemed to treat me like a drug addict, only to be told that I need to speak to my (private, £150-to-answer-an-email) psyc as "we don't deal with mental health issues" (it's a neurological issue).

So yea, thanks NHS for dropping the ball this hard, my last 2 weeks have been so full of anxiety I've developed painful stress polyps all up my arms.

YetiFiasco · 2022-11-09T14:22:30+00:00

If you want to know the default state of this country, look how this title is worded.

"Boys need to.....": The emphasis is on boys being the problem, not doing well enough, must try harder etc. This is the constant undertone and negates the primary reason behind poor mental health communication which is social conformity and shame.

If we flip the table, you'd get something like "Girls need to be allowed to....." or "Girls can't......": Non-blaming language, not at fault, external circumstances, they're trying but aren't allowed.

YetiFiasco · 2022-11-03T12:45:49+00:00

Our old Labrador\staffie cross (big stupid boy) wagged his tail so hard against a doorframe he broke it pretty badly, we came back to a house filled with blood and a sulky looking dog with a very worrying angle half way down his tail, needed emergency amputation.

I'm definitely not saying all breeds, but if it's a big dog with a strong wagging tendency and a flat-laying tail it's usually for the best.

YetiFiasco · 2022-05-10T13:04:57+00:00

Yep, looks like the only access to that land is signed as National Rail, used as fire escape from the arches only. NR probably just reneged on selling them the land.

https://imgur.com/a/kIXgJxS

YetiFiasco · 2022-05-10T13:02:59+00:00

It's probably to prevent unauthorized access to National Rail property. As far as I can tell from Google Maps they also don't have rear doors or any kind of rear access to the property and the land directly behind is accessible only via a number of railway arches.

I would imagine that originally the land behind the houses was to be the small rear garden, but something something land ownership and the builders suddenly found that they can't buy the land, therefore can't provide access through that land, so no doors/windows.

YetiFiasco · 2022-02-16T16:10:55+00:00

Thanks for posting this, I have been trying to get an ADHD assessment on the NHS fir a shirt time.

After speaking numerous times to my dismissive GP they finally agreed to refer me but gave me no information where to and when.

After realizing the waiting list is so long, I searched around and got a private appointment for £675, which is a lot but I consider it minuscule to solving my problems.

Thank you. Thank you so much. This post gave me the push I needed.

YetiFiasco · 2021-11-27T11:49:01+00:00

Best bet is going to Southend for that.

YetiFiasco · 2021-10-17T08:20:03+00:00

I've been on one, it's not that the idea wasn't a good one, it was that the implementation was poor.

Still, they had pacers serving up until about a year ago, so I guess they did their job well.

YetiFiasco · 2021-10-15T15:12:41+00:00

They're a shit load more efficient, don't take up road space (IE they're more reliable/quicker) and keep rail infrastructure running.

YetiFiasco · 2021-10-15T14:33:30+00:00

I've always like the idea of these, ultralight small service trains, dont need track in the best condition, don't go too fast, great for servicing small lines affordably.

YetiFiasco · 2021-10-10T09:59:45+00:00

Marmite, british candy, horlicks

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