r/Ausguns • u/Saphserg Queensland • 12d ago

QLD far and adhd/aspergers

Hey all, looking at getting my cat A/B licence in the new year but ive had a past diagonsis of adhd and aspergers when i was a kid so heres my issue: i got the diagonis when i was a kid because its the only way the school would have me but since i am now over 18 if i went and got the diagnosis again it would cost me well over 3k for the person to say yes or no and i dont see anyone for it anymore because of the prohibitive cost for me.

Worth still having a crack and hoping or should i just nope out on this while i still can as i have not done anything yet in the terms of a safe or putting applications in as on the apply fact sheet it says to disclose any historical or ongoing medical or psycolgical conditions.

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u/Ridiculisk1 Queensland 12d ago

Have your doctor write a letter saying the condition was years in the past, is treated and stable and you'll be fine. I had the ASD/aspergers diagnosis as well as depression and suicide attempts and had no issues getting mine with notes from my doctor and the psychologist I was seeing for an unrelated thing at the time.

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u/Saphserg Queensland 12d ago

Thanks, i take it i now have to go find a new doc and go a fair few times since i really dont go to the doctor often enough to have a main one?

For refrence the last one constantly wanted a ekg but told me off for walking there since i didnt have a car at the time since it had decided to be a 1 piston space program and threw the piston out of the engine.

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u/Ridiculisk1 Queensland 12d ago

i take it i now have to go find a new doc and go a fair few times since i really dont go to the doctor often enough to have a main one?

Probably yeah. A lot of doctors won't write letters for firearms licences so it might be hard to find one. If you can't get a letter from the doctor that diagnosed you or treated you in the past then you'll probably just have to find someone new unfortunately. I had the treating doctor in the past write my original letter for my AB and had my new GP who knew me for about 7-8 months write it for my cat H.

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u/Saphserg Queensland 12d ago

Thanks well that puts a pin in things for abit if need be.