ADHD360

[Blev2022]

I'm sorry if this is on the wrong board.

I recently got a ADHD diagnosis from ADHD360. I have believed I could have ADHD for a long time but didn't decide to seek a diagnosis until after I had children and my ability to manage declined.

The problem is this; I felt like the assessment was shocking. Time management was poor (or there wasn't enough time!), so the assessor was advising we had to speed it along. I don't feel like I overly talked, but at the end there was no debrief. I was just given a diagnosis.

I feel like I have absolutely no faith in this diagnosis now. Some of my issues when I was younger led to me being criticised a lot for things I got wrong and now I can't quieten down the voice that won't believe in the diagnosis. Where do I go from here? The NHS waiting list is 4 years where I live. Has anyone been in this position? Many TIA!

We used ADHD 360 for one of my dcs. They were shocking from beginning to end and I ended up paying again to go to a different provider. My impression was that they would diagnose anyone who paid the fee (whether or not they had ADHD).

I've just had my assessment through ADHD360 as well.

I know what you mean about it feeling rushed and I too didn't think I got to talk much - although ironically my assessor said I did and that was part of my diagnosis 🤣

I reflected quite a lot on it afterwards and I think it's because they have to ask all specific set of questions for the assessment but our ADHD tendency to overshare and talk to much makes us feel like we didn't speak enough.

I don't doubt my diagnosis but I score very highly on all of the screening tools and got a high score in the QB test as well so for me it was confirmation of what I already strongly suspected.

I don't think the fact that they are a private company makes a difference. ADHD360 are available via Right to Choose so also do NHS assessments and their Trustpilot reviews are some of the best among the Right to Choose companies.

I paid for the Gold package but was also advised to carry on with my NHS Right to Choose referral giving me a good chance of hitting the top of the list before the year is up so I can switch to NHS.

I've been doing a lot of reading into ADHD since I suspected I might have it.

Was listening to an episode of the ADHD Chatter podcast yesterday and there was a lady talking about that inner voice and doubting the diagnosis and I've seen quite a few other people saying the same thing.

It's not like dyslexia (which some private companies will diagnose to anyone paying a fee). There is controlled medication involved and it's a recognised condition that can, if severe enough, allow someone to claim PIP - there is no way they'd hand diagnosis out to anyone just because they are paying, they would very quickly lose their prescribing licence and NHS contracts!

I used 360 for my diagnosis and medication. Don't like them though. Meetings are "just" on the phone after initial diagnosis, never video call. Their admin is SHOCKING.

I choose to pay for private medicine because my adhd makes dealing with GPs/NHS structure hard. And, for now at least, I'm lucky that I can afford to work privately. But with 360 I feel I get NHS level treatment for private medicine prices. (The private treatment I have for menopause is different like night and day!)

Do 360 offer the pre medication checks?

I know some medication providers and consultants require an ECG to be done (for example). I'm trying to help a friend with this at the moment and trying to gauge total costs!

Anyone know how much a potential private prescription would cost per month?

You have to do obs (they send you a BP machine), no ECG but they did all the pre-med questionnaires including asking about heart conditions - not sure if they would have asked for an ECG if it had been indicated.

They've put me.on Elvanse - cost is just over £25 a week - but after titration should be able to move to shared care and pay NHS prescription prices

@BloominNora that's great, thank you! Friend is not short on money I guess but I wanted to try to help her make this as easy as possible!

"I know what you mean about it feeling rushed and I too didn't think I got to talk much - although ironically my assessor said I did and that was part of my diagnosis 🤣"

I had this! They warned at the beginning that you only have x time so I tried to be succinct (and thought I had been!). Even with that I got a comment in my assessment that I over-explained!! 😩

And even having over explained I still felt there was MUCH more I could say. But really the interview assessment is a small part of the process. They already had a ton of detailed information in my assessment questionnaires. The interview part is just to clarify things.

ADHD imposter syndrome is very common!

Thanks for all your responses, they really help.

I wish I could get past the imposter syndrome feeling! In my heart im confident in this diagnosis but this process has really thrown me!

For those who have used ADHD360 and have began medication through them, do you have to pay for one of these packages (the 800 per year ones) or can you do it more sort of ad hoc with a view to transferring to shared care?

This is my fear to be honest. Did you use another national provider, or someone local to you?

You need to pay for the titration (so the gold or platinum package) - this gets you the initial prescriptions plus up to 12 months of support.

You also have to pay for the medication on top of that (my Elvanse is just over £100 a month).

After the first 12 weeks of titration you should be able to transfer to shared care for ongoing prescriptions but any changes to dosages need to be done through ADHD360 - but this is included in the package for the first 12 months.

As I mentioned they also advised me to pursue the NHS referral at the same time with ADHD360 under Right to Choose so that hopefully, by the time the first year is up, I will have hit the top of the list and can move over to fully NHS care and not have to pay privately in the second year.