ADHD

Supportive from day one

Dr *** has been lovely and supportive from day one. I was very apprehensive both for the video call and any potential treatments but she was great. Talking to someone that knows their stuff is always very reassuring in itself but she is also a great listener and very informative.

The medication didn’t live up to the scare stories I had been told from people that are less informed. I feel calm, in control of myself and I’ve had massive quality of life improvements because of this.

I’m incredibly grateful that this service exists and that they have people like *** working for them.

TH March 28, 2019

Took me seriously

After lots of poor care from the NHS this doctor listened to me and took me seriously for the first time in ages. I know that I present as fully functioning so it has been difficult to get anyone to believe how debilitating my depression has been. Dr Adil totally got me and listened to what I was saying. I can’t make any suggestions to improve the service. It was easy to make an appointment and even when my first appointment couldn’t go ahead the staff helped me choose another doctor and made everything easy for me. Dr Adil had access to genetic testing to all them to tailor my anti-depressants to my dna and he called me the day he got the results which was fantastic. He communicated really quickly with my GP and I got the treatment I needed to improve my depression.

I Want Great Care January 2, 2019

Anon

Dr [-] provides a video-link clinic and is a very highly qualified ADD specialist. After waiting an interminable time for an NHS Adult AD(H) D assessment I opted to go privately. Dr [-]’s costs are much lower in his video link clinic than other providers: £300 for the assessment, £110 for weekly email triation (not per week but for all of it), and then about £150 for the follow up appointment before handover to GP. I had to complete a form requiring detailed information about my symptoms and history. A family member had to complete a form about me too. Dr [-] then carried out a very thorough assessment lasting an hour before confirming my diagnosis.

He was very professional, personable and conscientious. Having established that I definitely suffer from ADD, he prescribed Elanse (Lisdexamfetamine) on a steadily increasing dose and advised me it might take some time to work. However, in my case the effects were near instant and fantastically (miraculously!) good. I feel well for the first time I can remember: calm, energised, able to concentrate, focused and much more besides.

Even my hearing has improved. And I have every reason to be confident that these benefits will only increase as my dose increases. This is the only medication that has effectively addressed the terrible anxiety I was feeling (anxiety can be caused by ADD/ADHD). I feel natural and have a focused calm mind for the first time I can remember.

Anon November 5, 2018

Anon

I have struggled with the behavioural effects of ADHD since childhood. If I sit down and look back at my life, the trail of destruction it has left is clear to see. Having tried non-drug options for many years including psychotherapy and self-help reading, I came to a point where I realised that there was a ‘higher power’ pulling the strings in my life – my brain. The more I tried in life, the more opportunities for failure I had and the more my self esteem, self-competency and sense of hope was ground down to dust. I have always been sceptical of the notion of ‘free will’ in humans. To contemplate the notion that I, or anyone else for that matter ‘chooses’ to harbour pathological emotions and engage in self-destructive behaviours is quite simply preposterous. Once I understood and accepted the deterministic powers of the human brain, I realised that I needed help in my life.

My G.P referred me to the ADHD clinic at the Maudsley hospital in london. However, I soon realised that the waiting list was 6 months. I’m a 34 years old single male, still living at home, in financial debt and without a clear purpose in my life. I had waited for my inner and outer life to ‘begin’ for long enough and I simply could not wait for another 6 months.

I found Psychiatry-UK online and decided to pay for a consultation with Dr [ ]. Firstly, the medical secretary was extremely helpful in first arranging my appointment with Dr [ ] and helping me to set up and test the video conferencing software.

Dr [ ] was very easy to talk to – sensitive, compassionate and a great listener. Having wrote an extensive description of my difficulties when booking my appointment, he quickly put my mind at ease by acknowledging that I had already done the hard work in the consultation and so It was easier for him to reach a conclusion. Nevertheless, we discussed other aspects of my life which I had not mentioned just to get a clearer picture. I also greatly appreciated his efforts to save me money on the cost of my prescription and the drug.

I am always anxious when it comes to talking to doctors but I found the whole experience with Dr [ ] to be very reassuring. The total cost of my initial consultation was £300 which quite frankly is a fraction of the financial debt I am in and pales in to insignificance when compared to the emotional pain I have experienced as a result of my condition. If the drug that Dr [ ] has prescribed me has the desired effect I think I would be happy to pay ten times as much!

I highly recommend Dr [ ] and Psychiatry-UK.

November 25, 2017