Published on 12, July, 2020
Hello everybody. I’m still in this no man’s land awaiting the results of my assessment. I was seen on Feb 1st and my husband has been called in since then to complete a questionnaire on me. I’m not sure which one it was. What I really want to know is what does it look like to unmask? I know that this is one think that I will hope to be able to do when I get the results but what does that entail? I’m in my late 60’s and have built up this very respectable, quietly polite, ladylike demeanour……which becomes increasingly difficult to sustain. I struggle to think of conversations to have with people. What do I have to do to make changes? Thank you.
I'm 51 and undiagnosed as yet bit my AQ50 is coming out consistently at 36. I feel as though I need a diagnosis quickly as this is wearing me out and I think if I'm diagnosed it will.help understand stand things aot clearer. Adult diagnosis in our postcode is 2 year +. I'm thinking of going and having a private diagnosis. Any difference being privately diagnosed Vs NHS diagnosis does anyone think.
I don't know the exact process, but you can request that the NHS forward your referral to a private clinic as long as they provide services for the NHS somewhere in the UK. Kind got forwarded to The Owl Centre after a 2 year wait on the NHS and following that was completed within about 3 months. (It's referred to as the right to choose and actually applies to all mental health related services).
I got my diagnosis through Psychistry UK using Right to Choose. From the referral to diagnosis was less than 6 months in my case. As this_is_phil says, you can use this process for all kinds of providers, but the link below is to Psychiatry UK’s page on the subject:
psychiatry-uk.com/.../