to change my medication levels i would have to wait seven years because they were like, that s how long a formal diagnosis assessment waiting list is, and theyjust couldn t believe it because they had had to pay thousands for mine and i just thought that it was because my life was so hectic that they didn t even have a gp at the time but do know that so many people are facing these huge, huge waiting lists or going down the private route which can cost you £1000 at the start but then you also put onto medication and my doctor told me they had to pay £300 a month for this medication initially which, for someone like that medication just saved my life at the start when things were so bad and i couldn t believe that i was expected to pay that much money foreverjust expected to pay that much money forever just to stay alive. leanne, i am so sorry to say we got about 25 seconds left on this programme so i m going to have to say goodbye to you by which we could talk further and maybe we wi
idealfor somejobs. joining me now is leanne maskell, director of adhd coach training company, adhd works. good to have you on the programme. first of all, just tell us about your story in terms of how long it took, etc, to get diagnosed and what difference that made to you. so, after i d graduated from university with a law degree my life just fell apart because i was quite good at doing exams and teaching myself everything at the last minute but didn t know how to do something like writer cv or go to an interview without having huge meltdowns, so i ve spent a few years travelling around and just kept self sabotaging my life. you would start internships and quit and get really upset and change career path completely over and over again which led to me becoming quite suicidal and i ended up going to see a private psychiatrist after lots
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