ADHD
PEER SUPPORT GROUP
Local Resources
Here are some local resources that members of our group have found helpful.
We only take recommendations from ADHDers who attend our group and have a personal positive experience of the service mentioned. This is not an exhaustive list - it's deliberately a "starter" list to help people find their feet.
Worth noting: We don't have any ties to local private or NHS services and are not affiliated with the services listed below, so we like to regard ourselves as impartial - certainly we do the best we can! Please note that we are not medical professionals.
Engaging with
the NHS
Not officially diagnosed?
Our recommendation is to join the waiting list. You can always decide what to do once you’re at the top of the waiting list.
Shared Care
GPs used to regularly offer shared care for ADHD prescriptions. It is now much more rare and depends entirely on your individual GP.
Ask them whether they accept, although realistically it's unlikely.
Self-screening tools
With both of the tests below, answer how you feel, not how you act, because the idea is to get to the true you, not as you feel society wants you to be.
Also these tools are indicators, not guarantees - for instance if you have both ADHD and Autism, some Autistic aspects can mask ADHD, and vice versa. 40% of ADHDers are now thought to also have Autism, whereas prior to 2013, it was thought that you could have one or the other, but not both!
Private clinics
The following private clinics have historically had sufficient information for the NHS, although new shared care agreements are exceptionally rare currently.
Advice
(free!)
Services offering free advice
Benefits:
Social Security:
The Scottish Government has an in-house team to help walk you through the benefit options that could be available to you, providing assistance filling in the application forms and offer advice via phone, web chat and home visits.
Employment support: (including job seeking)
Podcasts
Other Groups
Other ADHD groups we like
GAAPS
A Glasgow-based peer-led social group that meets weekly, with coffees, boardgames, picnics and more.
Edinburgh Peer Support Group
Similar ethos to us!
Glasgow and Edinburgh options.
Listing of other ADHD groups in Scotland.
UK-wide group with monthly online sessions for ADHD adults, for parents, and partners of those with ADHD.
Coaching
(qualifer: this is for information only, as this coach doesn't take on clients that have been to the Peer Support Group to avoid conflicts of interest)
(recommendation is to go for those with a Professional tag)
Student coaches, at lower rates:
Email info [at] addca.com for details
Noteworthy
Reminders
Medication, Dialectic Behaviour Therapy (if the practitioners adjusts for ADHD), mindfulness, exercise and ADHD coaching, all have proven benefits for ADHD.
There are no known food supplements/vitamins that have passed scientific tests for improving ADHD, but everyone still tries.
Humans are incredibly individual!