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Really? Where? Surely not in Europe, where the psychiatrist simply asks you a couple survey questions like "Do you have difficulty finishing tasks?", "Do you ov
by slowmotiony 4y ago
Really? Where? Surely not in Europe, where the psychiatrist simply asks you a couple survey questions like "Do you have difficulty finishing tasks?", "Do you overanalyze things?" or "Do you frequently interrupt others in conversations?" before giving you a script for Concerta / Medikinet. The entire survey takes 5 minutes and if I was to take it seriously, then my entire family has ADHD including the dog.
- watwut 4y agoWhere exactly in Europe it works like that?
- slowmotiony 4y agoEverywhere in the EU. It's not like ADHD can be diagnosed with a blood test, so you are asked questions from a standardized survey and you get a script if you answer "yes" enough times.
- watwut 4y agoIt definitely does not work like that here. It is quite hard to get those drugs prescribed. You wont get them with 5 min long visit.
- slowmotiony 4y agoI don't know what to tell you. I did get it exactly like I described, in Germany, and it was an online appointment.
- balfirevic 4y ago> I don't know what to tell you. Maybe try not telling them "everywhere in the EU".
- slowmotiony 4y agoMy script is EU-wide and the survey is standardized, but you're right - I should have specifically contacted a psychiastrist in each of the 27 countries to make sure.
- watwut 4y agoJust say "Germany" instead of "everywhere EU"
- adhdgaslight 4y agoOne should draw a distinction between bad faith actors and good faith actors. For bad faith actors you are correct, but you could say the same thing about a lot of controlled substances. They (stimulants) are at least as controlled as benzos if not opiates. After all there is no objective test for chronic pain either from what I understand. For good faith actors I think there are perhaps the correct or at best too many burdens already, as given by the large percentage of people who are under-treated.