I recently went to a psychologist who is an ADD specialist. Or at least that was what I was lead to believe. I wanted to get more concrete evidence of ADD. The counsellor did memory, cognitive and itelligence testing.
I was not instructed to refrain from medication that day and by the time I realized I had the appointment that day I had already taken medication for the afternoon.

Testing showed normal results as in no ADD. However, the DSM four results were overwhelming. ( I already knew this as I had taken those tests on my own.)

I also know I have had significant breakthroughs since taking the medication as far as accomplishing goals, focus, emotional stability,forgetfulness and overall well being.

Should this counsellor have instructed me to not take the drugs that day to get a more accurate reading?

In my opinion the counsellor should be aware that you are no medications at the time of testing.

are you already taking meds for ADHD?? and is that the medication you are talking about??
sorry..I'm slightly confused :-)

sorry..I'm slightly confused :-):D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

Sorry to be so confusing.

I have been taking Dexadrine since June of this year. I was put on that after seeing a psychiatrist who I talked with and listed my symptoms. I brought in a list of jobs I had and how many, my report cards etc. The psychiatrist did not do any testing just the DSM 4 evaluation.

Recently I went to this psychologist and she did the intellegence testing etc, but did not instruct me to come to the testing off of my medication.

I tested normal in memory and attentiveness and a bit above average on the intellegence end.

I am thinking that it would have been better for me to not have been on the medication? I am not sure. If the medication is working wouldn't I have a false negative result as far as those tests indicating the likelihood of ADD?

ah ha!! I thought that's what you might have meant ;-)

I also agree with your theory....what exactly were they testing for do you know??

Hmm . . . I was specifically told not to take my medication for 2 days prior to neuropsych testing (I would have thought that this is important, especially with the attention testing).

Sometimes they will do testing without medication then do testing with medication to see the difference...

I would think she would want the scores without the medication first....