Did you get your diagnosis on the same day as the assessment.

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I have an ADHD assessment date now and I’m just curious to whether people actually got told there and then or do they let you know at a later date or in a letter?

Mine was an asd assessment via psychology UK (as an nhs patient). I got my diagnosis at the end of the assessment, they were very nice and talked me through the why and what next. They then sent a full report about two weeks later.

Thank you. Mine is through the NHS, after 6 years waiting I think it will be torture to have to wait a couple more weeks for a decision or a letter.

I got my ASD diagnosis in the day but had to wait a couple of weeks for the report. I didn’t get my ADHD diagnosis on the day though, I had to wait for the report for that.

I got told towards the end of the session and then we discussed next step options. I think if they are unsure they might not say and take it away to discuss with a colleague. Or some might not say as a general rule.

Maybe this should be a new thread, but wondered if I could have your thoughts on a similar topic. Please be kind.

I had an "inconclusive" diagnosis from a Right to choose NHS adhd assessment in April this year. I'm 44.

For context, in my non medical professional opinion, the assessor could just have had a bad day. The long and short of it, I did not have a full assessment.

Being neurodivergent, I clammed up and during the session, but the person conducting was not in anyway helpful. They did not allow me time to think about answers and moved on as soon as I paused, leading me to think that short answers were all that was required. They gave me answers that my partner had submitted confidentially and also told me twice during the session that they would have to "check with the consultant" leading me to wonder why, if they didn't know, they were qualified to assess. There is more to it than this, but you can see I'm beginning to ramble and no one needs that.

What I'm asking, is if anyone has had a similar inconclusive diagnosis and what they did about it?

I am not in doubt about being neurodivergent, a diagnosis is a formality that will help me in a professional context.

Based on the right to choose (non) assessment, I did go back to gp who referred me for a second time. NHS came back to say I could not have another one. I totally get this, if I had in fact had a full assessment, but I had not.

I am on a waiting list for a private assessment, but I'm yet to source the fee so may have to cancel.

Thanks in advance.

What do you mean by you didn’t have a full assessment? What did your assessment consist of? Usually it would be screening assessment first, informant forms and/or interview, and forms plus interview for you. Was yours a face to face interview?

Also no I’ve never come across anyone who had inconclusive as the result, just a diagnosis or no diagnosis. What did the report say? what was the reasoning for inconclusive?

Hello, no mine was virtual. F2F was not an available option.

I had all the relevant forms and triage in advance. The right to choose assessment concluded after 40 min while I was advised to allot 2 hrs. I mentioned in my post that in my opinion I didn't have a full assessment, firstly because of what was not covered and that when asked the various questions the assessor moved on very quickly. I felt like I was talking too much and got very anxious and self conscious. Then at the conclusion, the assessor they weren't sure about how to diagnose and ended the call to go ask "the consultant".
Secondly, since booking a private assessment and seeing the detail and amount of questionnaires included in that triage is immense (in comparison with my previous NHS triage and assessment).

The report just says inconclusive, due to me being "unable" to answer some of the questions. This is not the case and I have gone about a formal complaint, but my reason for posting was just in case anyone else had had a similar experience. Thank you for your comments though.

Yes, I got the diagnosis at the end of the appointment and the report a few days later. I think in my case it was very obvious (I wasn’t expecting this). I think the psychiatrist was pretty certain by the time she had read all the info I sent her before the appointment - apparently most people do not give as much detail and I made her job very easy. I would imagine for a borderline case, they’d have to think about it for a day or two before letting you know.

@Fraklis I'm so sorry you had such a bad experience, I really hope you're able to either get another assessment or pursue a private assessment (although it's shocking that people should have to fork out thousands to go private after being failed like this). It sounds like the assessor did a very bad job.