You might want to just have a chat with your dr, as you'll likely try something like concerta if you are diagnosed - but you can skip the long process of diagnostic and just try the medication if you fill out a few questionnaires. At that point it's pretty self evident if the medication helps the issue or not and bam, you might have solved your problem without going through the hurdles.
Tried to speak to my GP and my local surgery told me to either register for the NHS waiting list (probably 100 years long at this point) or use the right to choose process to get the NHS to pay for me to see a private clinic (takes 2-8 weeks to see someone instead of years).
They didn't even suggest that I could/should speak to my GP first. And I can't actually get an appointment with my GP other than the way I specifically tried to. At least not my local GP.
I had to pay for diagnostics myself too since here in Germany, adulthood ADHD diagnostics are unfortunately not paid by the health insurance. Cost me around 600 €. The hardest thing really was fighting myself to actually get an appointment
That sucks, I'd love to be of more help, but I'm in Canada.
If you're able to, I'd go for the private option. Really, the medication helps tremendously and having access to it makes every other step easier to take - I really wouldn't have thought that's how it would make me feel.
Doesn't apply to UK. In the UK the NHS will pay for a private company so there is no reason to go private yourself. But they absolutely won't dispense medication without a diagnosis. And the waiting list is at least a few months, closer to a year in my area.
