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What to expect during ADHD assessment?
After waiting seemingly forever, I am finally going to be assessed for ADHD on Thursday.
Thus far, all I know is that I will be asked questions about my childhood by two individuals, and they want me to print off and complete two questionnaires (which I am yet to receive) prior to the meeting on Thursday. Is there anything else that I should expect to be asked? I sincerely hope it's nothing like my ASD assessment, where it felt as if my IQ was being tested. |
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Re: What to expect during ADHD assessment?
There are no tests for adhd so if they claim their are, especially if they cost you a lot of money, I would be skeptical. They should take a thorough history- and I mean thorough as in your childhood, your childhood impairments, you adult life, adult impairments and coping skills. If you have any records or school reports from your childhood thats good too but not required. I would recommend calling to get those surveys. You want to make sure you arent rushed when finishing them.
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Re: What to expect during ADHD assessment?
I wasnt doubting its credibility either, just sharing.
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Re: What to expect during ADHD assessment?
There may be tests.... but these should be to rule out other possibilities.
There should also be a long history taking and there may be more IQ type tests. |
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Re: What to expect during ADHD assessment?
All I meant was if there is a "test" for adhd to be wary, because there are no specific tests for adhd.
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Re: What to expect during ADHD assessment?
I get that there are no tests for ADHD, however it's important to follow that by saying that a good psych will be testing for other things that are testable. Likewise they may use scoring questionnaires such as EMWSS to build up the best picture of their patient they can in the time available.
Each clinician will have their own way of doing this. People going for an ADHD assessment who have taken on board the "There's no test for ADHD" without understanding that tests are an integral part of the diagnostic process, might be sceptical about their psych's skill and credibility if tests are administered. Tests are a mark of a good clinician, not a bad one. |
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Ari Tuckman, the author of Integrative Treatment for Adult ADHD, seems more ambivalent about them. He writes (p. 43): Quote:
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Re: What to expect during ADHD assessment?
One thing is for certain, be sure to wear clean underpants.
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Re: What to expect during ADHD assessment?
They have to go through a lot of digging in your past, especially childhood to make sure your not just stressed out or depressed. So, you have to be honest with yourself and the doctors.
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Re: What to expect during ADHD assessment?
I've heard of a TOVA test. The first psychiatrist I went to put me on a non stimulant and pretty much said she wouldn't put me on a stimulant until I took the tova test which the test itself costs 100.00 and then she said I would meet with her afterward which would be another 125. ("To discuss the results") I honestly think it's a bunch of crap. She had already said I was ADHD from all the questionnaires and what not and my history. I didn't go back to her and actually went to a family doctor he talked to me for a little while then gave me adderoll. So I really don't know... I think testing is just another way for them to make money.
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Re: What to expect during ADHD assessment?
By the sound of it, I don't have ADHD.
I am too patient, placid and slow-witted to meet the criteria. |
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