I got a referral to get screened, but they never submitted the referral. I followed up about 8 months later at my annual physical, because that’s kind of how this works. My doc asked if I went, I said I never got a call from them, and she said I should have called sooner and not wait so long, which is mildly infuriating given the nature of the condition I think I have. After my apt, they sent off a referral and told me I could expect a call within a few days. It never came, so I messaged my physicians office a couple of weeks later and they gave me the number of the center to call and follow up on the referral, which is now months later and not done. I know I just have to make a call, but it feels damn near like the hardest thing I need to do. I’m also heavily considering changing physicians. The first slip up is infuriating, but whatever, it’s easier to stay than switch doctors. However, the response I received telling me to follow up on the referral that the doctor’s office submitted feels like someone who didn’t want to deal with me.
Anyway… 35 here and it gets worse each year, so I really do need to follow up and at least see if it’s something I can get meds for, or if I’m just screwed up and need to just “cope” until I die. The alcohol consumption will probably ensure that I’m not old and decrepit, so I’ve got that going for me.
I mean, that’s really shit. I got the GP screening October '22, referral hit the mental health team November '22, I called February '23 to see where I was on the list and how long I could expect to wait. Was told I was around 750 in line, and to expect a wait of 7.5-8 years. I called November '23, I was around 735 and definitely 8 years at least, but there’s a streamline coming for the past 6 years that could make it a few months wait tops. Called November '24…730. I was only remembering to call after the first time because they’d send a letter around when they enrolled me to the wait list every year and ask if my brain had got better on it’s own, or I had managed to afford private treatment and if they could take me off the list.
I got a referral to get screened, but they never submitted the referral. I followed up about 8 months later at my annual physical, because that’s kind of how this works. My doc asked if I went, I said I never got a call from them, and she said I should have called sooner and not wait so long, which is mildly infuriating given the nature of the condition I think I have. After my apt, they sent off a referral and told me I could expect a call within a few days. It never came, so I messaged my physicians office a couple of weeks later and they gave me the number of the center to call and follow up on the referral, which is now months later and not done. I know I just have to make a call, but it feels damn near like the hardest thing I need to do. I’m also heavily considering changing physicians. The first slip up is infuriating, but whatever, it’s easier to stay than switch doctors. However, the response I received telling me to follow up on the referral that the doctor’s office submitted feels like someone who didn’t want to deal with me.
Anyway… 35 here and it gets worse each year, so I really do need to follow up and at least see if it’s something I can get meds for, or if I’m just screwed up and need to just “cope” until I die. The alcohol consumption will probably ensure that I’m not old and decrepit, so I’ve got that going for me.
I mean, that’s really shit. I got the GP screening October '22, referral hit the mental health team November '22, I called February '23 to see where I was on the list and how long I could expect to wait. Was told I was around 750 in line, and to expect a wait of 7.5-8 years. I called November '23, I was around 735 and definitely 8 years at least, but there’s a streamline coming for the past 6 years that could make it a few months wait tops. Called November '24…730. I was only remembering to call after the first time because they’d send a letter around when they enrolled me to the wait list every year and ask if my brain had got better on it’s own, or I had managed to afford private treatment and if they could take me off the list.