If you have a friend to rely on to keep pinging the doc and cc-ing you, that was what finally got me there in the end. The specialist in my town was (you guessed it) incredibly ADHD themselves and in dire need of a personal assistant.

It took me two years to find someone that not only would take Medicaid, but also would do the diagnostic testing in a way that would not cost me anything out of pocket.

After months of chasing down "in network" therapists and psychiatrists, leaving voicemails and getting ghosted, do you know how I found them? They were a customer I installed hardware for. I casually asked if they took Medicaid and could do ADHD diagnostic testing and the on site contact was like "Yeah, no problem. And we know how to code it so Medicaid will pay for it. Just fill out the online form and we'll get you started that week."

I'm stuck at the "I don't have £1500 to pay for ADHD treatment guess I'll just die" level xD

Ugh, yeah. Same. But I also have social anxiety on top of it so I couldn't possibly keep bugging them until I get an appointment lmao I know I need to and that's what I should do but brain says no. Such goofy shit sometimes