Originally Posted by MumOfThree
Er yes, puffin had made my point for me - it SHOULD be hard to get diagnosed and be prescribed medication for ADHD, but the pearson thing is just icky. Having stricter controls on who diagnoses/prescribes and how would surely be more effective? For us, even when seeing the appropriately qualified specialist they still have to call the government for permission to write the script, every single time "this is Dr X calling re script Y for patient Z, yes they were on a different medication/dose last time, reason ABC. Ok. thanks..." We listen to this every six months, more often when adjusting at the start. Questions were asked when multiple changes were made in a short while...

That's a MUCH better system.

Dee Dee's post is just so heartbreaking. No child should be made to feel "bad" like that.

Schrödinger's cat walks into a bar. And doesn't.