Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 6 December 2023
Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth
Access to CAMHS for Individuals with Dual Diagnosis: Discussion
Ms Neil Moore Ryan:
I will speak on the medication first. I actually did not want to be on medication. I asked not to be put on it but I was very much made to feel I would not be engaged with if I was not put on it. I actively said that I did not want to be on medication and they put me on it anyway. They were happy once I was on it. They just upped my dose from then on.
In regard to the autism, I got my CAMHS documents recently and there was a note stating that they thought I might have autism from my very first meeting with them. I am pretty sure I brought it up with them but it was never brought up again. I never knew they were concerned about that in that first meeting until I got my own papers back. As far as I was concerned, they had no idea or any suspicions even though I brought it up myself.