Posted by Nickengland on September 2, 2005, at 14:04:47
In reply to executive functioning etc....., posted by Meri-Tuuli on September 2, 2005, at 12:12:23
Hello Meri!
>Any one know what the feeling is with British GPs and stimulants? I already know that they won't touch the MAOIs.
From what I've read on the boards and my persoanl experience with GP's and psychiatric medications, I am afriad to say I very much doubt one would prescribe a stimulant. In the past my GP said he wasn't even in a position to prescribe lithium even though i'm bipolar and lithium is the most well known drug to treat it. Basically if you want to be prescribed anything other than prozac, effexor or ciprimil, really you need to see a psychiatrist (be refered to one by your GP) This goes for getting a diagnosis behond that of the standard clinical depression too and to be treated with the best medication for your individual needs.
Are you currently under a psychiatrist?
Most NHS psychiatrists are pretty crap I've found, I quite literally had to educate my one to get on the current medications i'm on today. Basically he is a consultant psychiatrist but hadn't even heard of most of the current treatment options for bipolar disorder. Long story, I won't bore you with the details lol :-O
Good news is, you will be able to get a stimulant prescribed by a psychiatrist and investigate whether you have ADD. To do this, forget your GP, and forget an NHS referal for a psychiatrist ~ unless you know before hand he is one, a consultant and two, has some experience in adult ADD. If you pay privitely to see a psychiatrist (hopefully one that has knowledge in ADD, which you could check out before seeing him) then thats your best chances for getting a stimulant....as far as I know.
I think Tom Twilight has been prescibed a stimulant before through a privite psychiatrist, hopefully if he see this post he'll be able to add more. I do believe you will have to pay privite prescription costs unfortunately, i'm not sure how much this would be depending on the stimulant and dosage prescibed ~ Ed will be your best bet for that, but you can also check the BNF online which gives prices of medcations there, which are pretty accurate from what I understand ~ again hopefully Ed can expand on that!
If a stimulant is what you need, because at the end of the day that is what will relieve your symptoms, then I think you will definately be able to get one ~ you just have to push for it and look in the right places, but you will get one.
Hope this helps.Kind regards
Nick
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