Hi!
I've just been referred by my GP to a specialist for an assessment.
I'm just wondering how long was everyone elses wait to be seen for an assessment?
I'm so excited to finally get the support I need.
Hi!
I've just been referred by my GP to a specialist for an assessment.
I'm just wondering how long was everyone elses wait to be seen for an assessment?
I'm so excited to finally get the support I need.
it really depends on a lot of factors. It would be best to ask your GP how long you'd have to wait. For me, I was referred to CAHMS for OCD (which was fairly quick) and during the first meeting with them, they told me they think I also have ASD and want to start an assessment process for that (they said the OCD assessment process was too long with CAHMS, so referred me somewhere else for that). After telling me they want to do an ASD assessment, they sent me some questionnaires a week or two later, then a couple weeks after that we had another meeting, the day after that they had a meeting with my parents, and they also got in contact with my school. After all that I was diagnosed with ASD around 2-3 months after the assessment process started.
I understand that the beginning of my referral process is very different to yours, as I got an assessment process indirectly. I would say that the GP will probably try to contact a specialist within around a week of them talking to you about it, so if you haven't heard anything back in around a month then maybe give them a call so that you can ask them how long it might take for the process to start. If you're lucky, the specialist may give you a call within a month, however a lot of the time the waiting list can be a lot longer and you might not hear anything for a while. From what I've seen on this website, some people seem to have been waiting for nearly a year or even longer in some cases.
In the mean time, I suggest you read up on ASD (which i assume you're already doing since your on this website), and also try and find out how you think ASD affects you personally and what symptoms you're experiencing. That way, once you talk to the specialist you'll have a better understanding of yourself and the assessment process may be a bit quicker, and also more informative.
(I'm kinda realising I didn't exactly answer the question as I talked more about about the assessment process itself but I've already written it out and I hope there's a bit of useful information there)
it really depends on a lot of factors. It would be best to ask your GP how long you'd have to wait. For me, I was referred to CAHMS for OCD (which was fairly quick) and during the first meeting with them, they told me they think I also have ASD and want to start an assessment process for that (they said the OCD assessment process was too long with CAHMS, so referred me somewhere else for that). After telling me they want to do an ASD assessment, they sent me some questionnaires a week or two later, then a couple weeks after that we had another meeting, the day after that they had a meeting with my parents, and they also got in contact with my school. After all that I was diagnosed with ASD around 2-3 months after the assessment process started.
I understand that the beginning of my referral process is very different to yours, as I got an assessment process indirectly. I would say that the GP will probably try to contact a specialist within around a week of them talking to you about it, so if you haven't heard anything back in around a month then maybe give them a call so that you can ask them how long it might take for the process to start. If you're lucky, the specialist may give you a call within a month, however a lot of the time the waiting list can be a lot longer and you might not hear anything for a while. From what I've seen on this website, some people seem to have been waiting for nearly a year or even longer in some cases.
In the mean time, I suggest you read up on ASD (which i assume you're already doing since your on this website), and also try and find out how you think ASD affects you personally and what symptoms you're experiencing. That way, once you talk to the specialist you'll have a better understanding of yourself and the assessment process may be a bit quicker, and also more informative.
(I'm kinda realising I didn't exactly answer the question as I talked more about about the assessment process itself but I've already written it out and I hope there's a bit of useful information there)
Yeah I had to give a list of symptoms and how it all affects me to my GP for them to refer me, they wouldn't have done it unless it aligned with ASD so I have lots to talk about with the specialist.
Thank you for your answer though I will definitely be calling up again if I haven't heard anything in a week. He said he was going to do the referral today so here's hoping it gets done!!
