Not diagnosed... yet

Hiya,

Congrats on the ADHD diagnosis!

From referral it took me 3 years but that was during covid times with lockdowns stopping certain parts of the assessment, hopefully wait time has slightly decreased.

So there are different parts to the assessment. There are a couple of 'questionaires' on your behaviour as a child, that wasn't too bad. I did a QB test to rule out ADHD however I would assume you won't have to do that as you already have that diagnosis. The ADOS assessment was the strangest experience ever. Reading a book about flying frogs to 2 adults is very strange, showing someone how to brush their teeth is also a bit weird.

Alisha xx

piggy1401 said:

Reading a book about flying frogs to 2 adults

Hi, and thank you very much for all the helpful information. 

I'd love to know how the assessors possibly glean anything significant if they, for example, used this test on someone like me, someone so familiar with stories? Someone whose 'special interests' consist solely of reading and writing? Surely then, my style of reading in the test would be different to the style of somebody who actually had the same symptoms as me but who was not so passionate about books? And if it were different, how can an objective judgment be made regarding either of us?

Also, if we're reading to someone then we generally try to 'act' the role of an entertaining story-teller...and then there's our basic desire not to bore the listener(s) with a flat delivery. If we're not being our normal selves then, how can assessors evaluate our everyday behaviour?

Sorry - I always have too many questions, and rarely enough wit to work out the answers for myself.

piggy1401 said:

Reading a book about flying frogs to 2 adults

Hi, and thank you very much for all the helpful information. 

I'd love to know how the assessors possibly glean anything significant if they, for example, used this test on someone like me, someone so familiar with stories? Someone whose 'special interests' consist solely of reading and writing? Surely then, my style of reading in the test would be different to the style of somebody who actually had the same symptoms as me but who was not so passionate about books? And if it were different, how can an objective judgment be made regarding either of us?

Also, if we're reading to someone then we generally try to 'act' the role of an entertaining story-teller...and then there's our basic desire not to bore the listener(s) with a flat delivery. If we're not being our normal selves then, how can assessors evaluate our everyday behaviour?

Sorry - I always have too many questions, and rarely enough wit to work out the answers for myself.

Ah, so it's a bit like the time when I first spoke to professionals? I thought it was all about the stuff I told them...but perhaps they also paid attention to the manner in which I told them and the effect on me of telling them. Of course, it was only hours after the appointment that I fully realised what had actually been going on...

Thanks, Mariusz. 

They judge reaction, and there is many ways we can react, hopefuly they are aware of them

They would know about special interest in writing from preassesment questionnaire