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Submission - Review of Prescription of ADHD Medication - Julie Morgan - 9 July 2024

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I am writing to you as a parent of an adult suffering with ADHD who still lives at home. My daughter Hannah Tadier Morgan has been waiting on the list now for over two and a half years. In desperation she had a private consultation which she was diagnosed with ADHD however she cannot afford the private medication so has to carrying on waiting on the list, when she was originally placed on the list she was advised it would be a year and

has tried several anti-depressants to try and manage it to no avail after a year she went to her doctor to confirm she was on the list and then was told the goal posts had moved and she could be waiting up to three years. All she needs is the mood stabilising medication used for ADHD but has to wait.

Her mood swings are severe, we walk on eggshells at home, she finds it difficult to remember things, she holds down a good job within a local bank but struggles on a day to day basis with concentration and time management

Its such a shame to see a 25 year old struggle so much, my son is diagnosed with Asperger's and the help.

I received with him was very good compared to the lack of available help without having to spend a small fortune every month for a prescription which she now has to wait for in order to be able to get the treatment she requires to live a happy life.

Many thanks Julie Morgan